#26A8B5#26A8B5

#26A8B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.107 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26A8B5
RGB	rgb(38, 168, 181)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 7.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -28.90, -16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 33.24, 209.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0965 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.107 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1387, 31.7506, 48.6161)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26A8B5 #B53326

analogous

#26B57B #26A8B5 #2660B5

triadic

#26A8B5 #B526A8 #A8B526

tetradic

#26A8B5 #7B26B5 #B53326 #60B526

square

#26A8B5 #7B26B5 #B53326 #60B526

split-complementary

#26A8B5 #B52660 #B57B26

monochromatic

#114A50 #1B7982 #26A8B5 #41C9D7 #74D8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#26A8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#26A8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26A8B5

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26A8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26A8B5	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8693B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26a8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 168, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.107 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2cb',
    500: '#26a8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26a8b5;
$custom-light: #7ac2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26a8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67108,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26A8B5

secondary

#C9766E

accent

#4F40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #26A8B5

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

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