#26B9BB#26B9BB

#26B9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.115 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26B9BB
RGB	rgb(38, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -35.21, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 37.08, 198.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.1103 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.115 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1138, 38.6944, 53.0438)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26B9BB #BB2826

analogous

#26BB72 #26B9BB #266FBB

triadic

#26B9BB #BB26B9 #B9BB26

tetradic

#26B9BB #7226BB #BB2826 #6FBB26

square

#26B9BB #7226BB #BB2826 #6FBB26

split-complementary

#26B9BB #BB266F #BB7226

monochromatic

#115455 #1C8788 #26B9BB #45D7D9 #78E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#26B9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#26B9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26B9BB

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26B9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26B9BB	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26b9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.115 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcecf',
    500: '#26b9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26b9bb;
$custom-light: #7dcecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26b9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.805,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71547,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26B9BB

secondary

#CB7372

accent

#413FE9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26B9BB

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

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