#26B2BD#26B2BD

#26B2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.112 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26B2BD
RGB	rgb(38, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -31.28, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 35.06, 206.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.1027 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.112 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9009, 35.9237, 53.7031)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26B2BD #BD3126

analogous

#26BD7D #26B2BD #2667BD

triadic

#26B2BD #BD26B2 #B2BD26

tetradic

#26B2BD #7D26BD #BD3126 #67BD26

square

#26B2BD #7D26BD #BD3126 #67BD26

split-complementary

#26B2BD #BD2667 #BD7D26

monochromatic

#125257 #1C828A #26B2BD #46CFDA #79DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#26B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#26B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26B2BD

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26B2BD	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.112 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc9d0',
    500: '#26b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26b2bd;
$custom-light: #7cc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.371,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69891,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26B2BD

secondary

#CC7973

accent

#4B3EE9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26B2BD

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

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