#26A8A4#26A8A4

#26A8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.106 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26A8A4
RGB	rgb(38, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(178, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, -34.09, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 34.95, 192.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.104 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.106 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4997, 31.0950, 39.9836)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26A8A4 #A8262A

analogous

#26A863 #26A8A4 #266BA8

triadic

#26A8A4 #A426A8 #A8A426

tetradic

#26A8A4 #6326A8 #A8262A #6BA826

square

#26A8A4 #6326A8 #A8262A #6BA826

split-complementary

#26A8A4 #A8266B #A86326

monochromatic

#0F4443 #1B7673 #26A8A4 #39D2CD #6BDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#26A8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#26A8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26A8A4

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26A8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26A8A4	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26a8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.106 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c2be',
    500: '#26a8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26a8a4;
$custom-light: #78c2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26a8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.154,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66481,
    "c": 0.10622,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26A8A4

secondary

#C46669

accent

#4247E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #26A8A4

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

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