#26BCC5#26BCC5

#26BCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26BCC5
RGB	rgb(38, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -33.60, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 36.91, 204.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.1089 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.117 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8560, 40.4061, 59.0908)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26BCC5 #C52F26

analogous

#26C57E #26BCC5 #266CC5

triadic

#26BCC5 #C526BC #BCC526

tetradic

#26BCC5 #7E26C5 #C52F26 #6CC526

square

#26BCC5 #7E26C5 #C52F26 #6CC526

split-complementary

#26BCC5 #C5266C #C57E26

monochromatic

#125A5E #1C8B92 #26BCC5 #4CD4DC #7FE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#26BCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#26BCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26BCC5

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26BCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26BCC5	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26bcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ed0d6',
    500: '#26bcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26bcc5;
$custom-light: #7ed0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26bcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.396,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7265,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26BCC5

secondary

#CF7D78

accent

#473DEB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #26BCC5

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

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