#26BDBA#26BDBA

#26BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26BDBA
RGB	rgb(38, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -37.35, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 38.49, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.1146 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.118 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8557, 40.3489, 52.7648)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26BDBA #BD2629

analogous

#26BD6F #26BDBA #2675BD

triadic

#26BDBA #BA26BD #BDBA26

tetradic

#26BDBA #6F26BD #BD2629 #75BD26

square

#26BDBA #6F26BD #BD2629 #75BD26

split-complementary

#26BDBA #BD2675 #BD6F26

monochromatic

#125756 #1C8A88 #26BDBA #46DAD7 #79E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#26BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#26BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26BDBA

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26BDBA	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 192.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.808,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72503,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26BDBA

secondary

#CC7375

accent

#3E42E9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26BDBA

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

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