#26B5BA#26B5BA

#26B5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.113 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26B5BA
RGB	rgb(38, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 80%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -33.63, -12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 36.04, 201.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.1069 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.113 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1821, 37.0017, 52.2070)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26B5BA #BA2B26

analogous

#26BA75 #26B5BA #266BBA

triadic

#26B5BA #BA26B5 #B5BA26

tetradic

#26B5BA #7526BA #BA2B26 #6BBA26

square

#26B5BA #7526BA #BA2B26 #6BBA26

split-complementary

#26B5BA #BA266B #BA7526

monochromatic

#115254 #1C8487 #26B5BA #44D4D9 #77E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#26B5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#26B5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26B5BA

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26B5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26B5BA	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26b5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.113 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccbce',
    500: '#26b5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26b5ba;
$custom-light: #7ccbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26b5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.027,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70521,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26B5BA

secondary

#CB7471

accent

#453FE9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26B5BA

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

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