#26BDB5#26BDB5

#26BDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26BDB5
RGB	rgb(38, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -38.80, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 39.39, 189.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.1169 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.118 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3334, 40.1400, 50.0143)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26BDB5 #BD262E

analogous

#26BD69 #26BDB5 #267ABD

triadic

#26BDB5 #B526BD #BDB526

tetradic

#26BDB5 #6926BD #BD262E #7ABD26

square

#26BDB5 #6926BD #BD262E #7ABD26

split-complementary

#26BDB5 #BD267A #BD6926

monochromatic

#125753 #1C8A84 #26BDB5 #46DAD2 #79E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#26BDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#26BDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26BDB5

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26BDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26BDB5	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26bdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1cb',
    500: '#26bdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26bdb5;
$custom-light: #7dd1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26bdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.821,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72333,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26BDB5

secondary

#CC7378

accent

#3E47E9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26BDB5

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

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