#26BDAF#26BDAF

#26BDAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26BDAF
RGB	rgb(38, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -40.50, -3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 40.68, 185.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1196 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.12 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7310, 39.8990, 46.8416)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26BDAF #BD2634

analogous

#26BD64 #26BDAF #2680BD

triadic

#26BDAF #AF26BD #BDAF26

tetradic

#26BDAF #6426BD #BD2634 #80BD26

square

#26BDAF #6426BD #BD2634 #80BD26

split-complementary

#26BDAF #BD2680 #BD6426

monochromatic

#125751 #1C8A80 #26BDAF #46DACC #79E4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#26BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#26BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26BDAF

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26BDAF	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1c6',
    500: '#26bdaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26bdaf;
$custom-light: #7cd1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.437,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72136,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26BDAF

secondary

#CC737B

accent

#3E4EE9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26BDAF

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

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