#26AE99#26AE99

#26AE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.115 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26AE99
RGB	rgb(38, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -39.95, 0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 39.95, 178.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.1151 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.115 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6823, 32.9814, 35.3541)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26AE99 #AE263B

analogous

#26AE55 #26AE99 #267FAE

triadic

#26AE99 #9926AE #AE9926

tetradic

#26AE99 #5526AE #AE263B #7FAE26

square

#26AE99 #5526AE #AE263B #7FAE26

split-complementary

#26AE99 #AE267F #AE5526

monochromatic

#104A41 #1B7C6D #26AE99 #3DD5BD #6FE0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#26AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#26AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26AE99

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26AE99	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95969B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.115 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c7b7',
    500: '#26ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26ae99;
$custom-light: #78c7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.735,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67648,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26AE99

secondary

#C66A78

accent

#415AE7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #26AE99

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

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