#26A9BD#26A9BD

#26A9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.109 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26A9BD
RGB	rgb(38, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -26.86, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 33.49, 216.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0941 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.109 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1686, 32.4591, 53.1257)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26A9BD #BD3A26

analogous

#26BD86 #26A9BD #265EBD

triadic

#26A9BD #BD26A9 #A9BD26

tetradic

#26A9BD #8626BD #BD3A26 #5EBD26

square

#26A9BD #8626BD #BD3A26 #5EBD26

split-complementary

#26A9BD #BD265E #BD8626

monochromatic

#124E57 #1C7B8A #26A9BD #46C6DA #79D6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#26A9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#26A9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26A9BD

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26A9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26A9BD	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26a9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.109 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc3d0',
    500: '#26a9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26a9bd;
$custom-light: #7bc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26a9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.947,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67673,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26A9BD

secondary

#CC7F73

accent

#553EE9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #26A9BD

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

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