#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
RGBrgb(38, 180, 189)
HSLhsl(184, 67%, 45%)
HSVhsv(184, 80%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(79.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(67.07, -32.24, -14.93)
CIE-LCHlch(67.07, 35.52, 204.84°)
OKLaboklab(70.38% -0.1047 -0.0415)
OKLCHoklch(70.38% 0.113 201.6)
XYZxyz(26.3017, 36.7254, 53.8367)
Luminance0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##26B4BD1.002.528.358.35
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3521.001.001.00
##0000008.3521.001.001.00

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

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#26B4BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva