#26BDBC#26BDBC

#26BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26BDBC
RGB	rgb(38, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -36.76, -10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 38.18, 195.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1137 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.117 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0698, 40.4346, 53.8924)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26BDBC #BD2627

analogous

#26BD71 #26BDBC #2672BD

triadic

#26BDBC #BC26BD #BDBC26

tetradic

#26BDBC #7126BD #BD2627 #72BD26

square

#26BDBC #7126BD #BD2627 #72BD26

split-complementary

#26BDBC #BD2672 #BD7126

monochromatic

#125757 #1C8A89 #26BDBC #46DAD9 #79E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#26BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#26BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26BDBC

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26BDBC	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ed1d0',
    500: '#26bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26bdbc;
$custom-light: #7ed1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.603,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72572,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26BDBC

secondary

#CC7373

accent

#3E3FE9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #26BDBC

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

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