#26BEC5#26BEC5

#26BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.118 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26BEC5
RGB	rgb(38, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -34.54, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 37.41, 202.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.1108 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.118 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2862, 41.2665, 59.2342)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26BEC5 #C52D26

analogous

#26C57D #26BEC5 #266EC5

triadic

#26BEC5 #C526BE #BEC526

tetradic

#26BEC5 #7D26C5 #C52D26 #6EC526

square

#26BEC5 #7D26C5 #C52D26 #6EC526

split-complementary

#26BEC5 #C5266E #C57D26

monochromatic

#125B5E #1C8D92 #26BEC5 #4CD6DC #7FE2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#26BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#26BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26BEC5

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26BEC5	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.118 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd2d6',
    500: '#26bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26bec5;
$custom-light: #7fd2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.642,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7314,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26BEC5

secondary

#CF7C78

accent

#453DEB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #26BEC5

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

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