#26BCBC#26BCBC

#26BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26BCBC
RGB	rgb(38, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -36.30, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 37.86, 196.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.1128 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.117 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8554, 40.0058, 53.8210)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26BCBC #BC2626

analogous

#26BC71 #26BCBC #2671BC

triadic

#26BCBC #BC26BC #BCBC26

tetradic

#26BCBC #7126BC #BC2626 #71BC26

square

#26BCBC #7126BC #BC2626 #71BC26

split-complementary

#26BCBC #BC2671 #BC7126

monochromatic

#115656 #1C8989 #26BCBC #46DADA #79E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#26BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#26BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26BCBC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26BCBC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1d0',
    500: '#26bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26bcbc;
$custom-light: #7dd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72325,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26BCBC

secondary

#CC7272

accent

#3F3FE9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26BCBC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →