#26BDB6#26BDB6

#26BDB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#26BDB6
RGBrgb(38, 189, 182)
HSLhsl(177, 67%, 45%)
HSVhsv(177, 80%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(79.9%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.60, -38.51, -7.29)
CIE-LCHlch(69.60, 39.20, 190.71°)
OKLaboklab(72.37% -0.1164 -0.0204)
OKLCHoklch(72.37% 0.118 189.9)
XYZxyz(27.4364, 40.1812, 50.5566)
Luminance0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#26BDB6 #BD262D
analogous
#26BD6B #26BDB6 #2678BD
triadic
#26BDB6 #B626BD #BDB626
tetradic
#26BDB6 #6B26BD #BD262D #78BD26
square
#26BDB6 #6B26BD #BD262D #78BD26
split-complementary
#26BDB6 #BD2678 #BD6B26
monochromatic
#125754 #1C8A85 #26BDB6 #46DAD3 #79E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#26BDB6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04
#26BDB6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26BDB6
9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##26BDB6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##26BDB61.002.329.049.04
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0421.001.001.00
##0000009.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2B3B6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DA4B7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #26bdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 189, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 189.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1cb',
    500: '#26bdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #26bdb6;
$custom-light: #7dd1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#26bdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.219,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72367,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#26BDB6
secondary
#CC7377
accent
#3E46E9
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

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#26BDB6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva