#269596#269596

#269596 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.095 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269596
RGB	rgb(38, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -29.20, -9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 30.65, 197.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% -0.0912 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.095 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0493, 24.1069, 32.6028)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269596 #962726

analogous

#26965F #269596 #265D96

triadic

#269596 #962695 #959626

tetradic

#269596 #5F2696 #962726 #5D9626

square

#269596 #5F2696 #962726 #5D9626

split-complementary

#269596 #96265D #965F26

monochromatic

#0D3434 #1A6465 #269596 #32C6C7 #60D6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#269596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#269596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269596

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269596	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.095 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4b4',
    500: '#269596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269596;
$custom-light: #74b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.536,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61141,
    "c": 0.0948,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269596

secondary

#BC5D5C

accent

#4645E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269596

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

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