#26AE96#26AE96

#26AE96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.117 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26AE96
RGB	rgb(38, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -40.76, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 40.82, 176.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.1165 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.117 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4376, 32.8835, 34.0656)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26AE96 #AE263E

analogous

#26AE52 #26AE96 #2682AE

triadic

#26AE96 #9626AE #AE9626

tetradic

#26AE96 #5226AE #AE263E #82AE26

square

#26AE96 #5226AE #AE263E #82AE26

split-complementary

#26AE96 #AE2682 #AE5226

monochromatic

#104A3F #1B7C6B #26AE96 #3DD5BA #6FE0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#26AE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#26AE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26AE96

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26AE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26AE96	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26ae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.117 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c7b4',
    500: '#26ae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26ae96;
$custom-light: #78c7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26ae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67556,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26AE96

secondary

#C66A7A

accent

#415EE7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #26AE96

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

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