#26BDB4#26BDB4

#26BDB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26BDB4
RGB	rgb(38, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -39.09, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 39.59, 189.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1173 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.119 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2312, 40.0991, 49.4759)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26BDB4 #BD262F

analogous

#26BD69 #26BDB4 #267BBD

triadic

#26BDB4 #B426BD #BDB426

tetradic

#26BDB4 #6926BD #BD262F #7BBD26

square

#26BDB4 #6926BD #BD262F #7BBD26

split-complementary

#26BDB4 #BD267B #BD6926

monochromatic

#125753 #1C8A83 #26BDB4 #46DAD1 #79E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#26BDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#26BDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26BDB4

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26BDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26BDB4	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26bdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1ca',
    500: '#26bdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26bdb4;
$custom-light: #7dd1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26bdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.424,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.723,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26BDB4

secondary

#CC7378

accent

#3E49E9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26BDB4

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

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