#26A696#26A696

#26A696 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.109 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26A696
RGB	rgb(38, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 0%, 9.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, -37.20, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 37.22, 182.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.1085 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.109 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9379, 29.8841, 33.5656)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26A696 #A62636

analogous

#26A656 #26A696 #2676A6

triadic

#26A696 #9626A6 #A69626

tetradic

#26A696 #5626A6 #A62636 #76A626

square

#26A696 #5626A6 #A62636 #76A626

split-complementary

#26A696 #A62676 #A65626

monochromatic

#0F423C #1B7469 #26A696 #38D1BE #6ADDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#26A696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#26A696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #26A696

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26A696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26A696	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26a696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.109 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c1b4',
    500: '#26a696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26a696;
$custom-light: #77c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26a696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65503,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26A696

secondary

#C36571

accent

#4256E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #26A696

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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