#26B9BC#26B9BC

#26B9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.115 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26B9BC
RGB	rgb(38, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -34.91, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 36.95, 199.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1099 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.115 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2212, 38.7374, 53.6096)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26B9BC #BC2926

analogous

#26BC74 #26B9BC #266EBC

triadic

#26B9BC #BC26B9 #B9BC26

tetradic

#26B9BC #7426BC #BC2926 #6EBC26

square

#26B9BC #7426BC #BC2926 #6EBC26

split-complementary

#26B9BC #BC266E #BC7426

monochromatic

#115556 #1C8789 #26B9BC #46D7DA #79E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#26B9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#26B9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26B9BC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26B9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26B9BC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26b9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.115 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dced0',
    500: '#26b9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26b9bc;
$custom-light: #7dced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26b9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.2,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71583,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26B9BC

secondary

#CC7472

accent

#423FE9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26B9BC

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

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