#26B4BD#26B4BD

#26B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.113 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26B4BD
RGB	rgb(38, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -32.24, -14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 35.52, 204.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.1047 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.113 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3017, 36.7254, 53.8367)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26B4BD #BD2F26

analogous

#26BD7B #26B4BD #2669BD

triadic

#26B4BD #BD26B4 #B4BD26

tetradic

#26B4BD #7B26BD #BD2F26 #69BD26

square

#26B4BD #7B26BD #BD2F26 #69BD26

split-complementary

#26B4BD #BD2669 #BD7B26

monochromatic

#125357 #1C838A #26B4BD #46D1DA #79DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#26B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#26B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26B4BD

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26B4BD	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.113 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccbd0',
    500: '#26b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26b4bd;
$custom-light: #7ccbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.576,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70384,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26B4BD

secondary

#CC7873

accent

#493EE9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26B4BD

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

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