#26B5C5#26B5C5

#26B5C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26B5C5
RGB	rgb(38, 181, 197)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 8.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -30.24, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 35.44, 211.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.1022 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.114 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3968, 37.4876, 58.6044)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26B5C5 #C53626

analogous

#26C585 #26B5C5 #2665C5

triadic

#26B5C5 #C526B5 #B5C526

tetradic

#26B5C5 #8526C5 #C53626 #65C526

square

#26B5C5 #8526C5 #C53626 #65C526

split-complementary

#26B5C5 #C52665 #C58526

monochromatic

#12575E #1C8692 #26B5C5 #4CCEDC #7FDCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#26B5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#26B5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26B5C5

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26B5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26B5C5	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26b5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 181, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbd6',
    500: '#26b5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26b5c5;
$custom-light: #7ecbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26b5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.038,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70935,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26B5C5

secondary

#CF8178

accent

#4F3DEB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #26B5C5

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

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