#26BDB9#26BDB9

#26BDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26BDB9
RGB	rgb(38, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -37.64, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 38.66, 193.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1151 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.118 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7497, 40.3065, 52.2069)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26BDB9 #BD262A

analogous

#26BD6E #26BDB9 #2675BD

triadic

#26BDB9 #B926BD #BDB926

tetradic

#26BDB9 #6E26BD #BD262A #75BD26

square

#26BDB9 #6E26BD #BD262A #75BD26

split-complementary

#26BDB9 #BD2675 #BD6E26

monochromatic

#125755 #1C8A87 #26BDB9 #46DAD6 #79E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#26BDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#26BDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26BDB9

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26BDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26BDB9	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26bdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1ce',
    500: '#26bdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26bdb9;
$custom-light: #7dd1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26bdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.411,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72469,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26BDB9

secondary

#CC7375

accent

#3E43E9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26BDB9

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

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