#26B9BE#26B9BE

#26B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26B9BE
RGB	rgb(38, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 80%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -34.30, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 36.73, 200.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.109 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.115 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4383, 38.8242, 54.7529)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26B9BE #BE2B26

analogous

#26BE77 #26B9BE #266DBE

triadic

#26B9BE #BE26B9 #B9BE26

tetradic

#26B9BE #7726BE #BE2B26 #6DBE26

square

#26B9BE #7726BE #BE2B26 #6DBE26

split-complementary

#26B9BE #BE266D #BE7726

monochromatic

#125658 #1C878B #26B9BE #47D5DA #7AE1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#26B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#26B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26B9BE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26B9BE	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dced1',
    500: '#26b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26b9be;
$custom-light: #7dced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.974,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71655,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26B9BE

secondary

#CC7674

accent

#443EEA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26B9BE

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

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