#26B5BD#26B5BD

#26B5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.113 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26B5BD
RGB	rgb(38, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -32.71, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 35.77, 203.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.1056 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.113 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5043, 37.1306, 53.9043)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26B5BD #BD2E26

analogous

#26BD7A #26B5BD #2669BD

triadic

#26B5BD #BD26B5 #B5BD26

tetradic

#26B5BD #7A26BD #BD2E26 #69BD26

square

#26B5BD #7A26BD #BD2E26 #69BD26

split-complementary

#26B5BD #BD2669 #BD7A26

monochromatic

#125357 #1C848A #26B5BD #46D2DA #79DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#26B5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#26B5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26B5BD

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26B5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26B5BD	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26b5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.113 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbd0',
    500: '#26b5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26b5bd;
$custom-light: #7dcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26b5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.179,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70631,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26B5BD

secondary

#CC7873

accent

#473EE9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26B5BD

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

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