#26B8BC#26B8BC

#26B8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.114 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26B8BC
RGB	rgb(38, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -34.44, -12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 36.67, 200.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.1089 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.114 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0127, 38.3205, 53.5401)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26B8BC #BC2A26

analogous

#26BC75 #26B8BC #266DBC

triadic

#26B8BC #BC26B8 #B8BC26

tetradic

#26B8BC #7526BC #BC2A26 #6DBC26

square

#26B8BC #7526BC #BC2A26 #6DBC26

split-complementary

#26B8BC #BC266D #BC7526

monochromatic

#115456 #1C8689 #26B8BC #46D6DA #79E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#26B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#26B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26B8BC

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26B8BC	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.114 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dced0',
    500: '#26b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26b8bc;
$custom-light: #7dced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.6,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71336,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26B8BC

secondary

#CC7572

accent

#433FE9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26B8BC

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

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