#26BDAD#26BDAD

#26BDAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.121 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26BDAD
RGB	rgb(38, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -41.06, -2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 41.15, 183.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1205 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.121 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5360, 39.8211, 45.8147)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26BDAD #BD2636

analogous

#26BD61 #26BDAD #2682BD

triadic

#26BDAD #AD26BD #BDAD26

tetradic

#26BDAD #6126BD #BD2636 #82BD26

square

#26BDAD #6126BD #BD2636 #82BD26

split-complementary

#26BDAD #BD2682 #BD6126

monochromatic

#125750 #1C8A7E #26BDAD #46DACA #79E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#26BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#26BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26BDAD

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26BDAD	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.121 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1c5',
    500: '#26bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26bdad;
$custom-light: #7cd1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.642,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72073,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26BDAD

secondary

#CC737C

accent

#3E50E9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #26BDAD

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

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