#26BDC5#26BDC5

#26BDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26BDC5
RGB	rgb(38, 189, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -34.07, -14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 37.15, 203.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.1098 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.117 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0704, 40.8348, 59.1622)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26BDC5 #C52E26

analogous

#26C57D #26BDC5 #266DC5

triadic

#26BDC5 #C526BD #BDC526

tetradic

#26BDC5 #7D26C5 #C52E26 #6DC526

square

#26BDC5 #7D26C5 #C52E26 #6DC526

split-complementary

#26BDC5 #C5266D #C57D26

monochromatic

#125B5E #1C8C92 #26BDC5 #4CD5DC #7FE1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#26BDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#26BDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26BDC5

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26BDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26BDC5	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26bdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 189, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd1d6',
    500: '#26bdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26bdc5;
$custom-light: #7fd1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26bdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.019,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72895,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26BDC5

secondary

#CF7C78

accent

#463DEB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #26BDC5

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

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