#26BDB8#26BDB8

#26BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26BDB8
RGB	rgb(38, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -37.93, -8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 38.83, 192.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.1155 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.118 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6446, 40.2645, 51.6529)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26BDB8 #BD262B

analogous

#26BD6C #26BDB8 #2677BD

triadic

#26BDB8 #B826BD #BDB826

tetradic

#26BDB8 #6C26BD #BD262B #77BD26

square

#26BDB8 #6C26BD #BD262B #77BD26

split-complementary

#26BDB8 #BD2677 #BD6C26

monochromatic

#125755 #1C8A86 #26BDB8 #46DAD5 #79E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#26BDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#26BDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26BDB8

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26BDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26BDB8	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1cd',
    500: '#26bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26bdb8;
$custom-light: #7dd1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.013,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72435,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26BDB8

secondary

#CC7376

accent

#3E44E9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26BDB8

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

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