#269696#269696

#269696 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.095 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269696
RGB	rgb(38, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, -29.69, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 30.98, 196.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.0922 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.095 195)
XYZ	xyz(17.2082, 24.4247, 32.6557)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269696 #962626

analogous

#26965E #269696 #265E96

triadic

#269696 #962696 #969626

tetradic

#269696 #5E2696 #962626 #5E9626

square

#269696 #5E2696 #962626 #5E9626

split-complementary

#269696 #96265E #965E26

monochromatic

#0D3434 #1A6565 #269696 #32C7C7 #60D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#269696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#269696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269696

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269696	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.095 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b5b4',
    500: '#269696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269696;
$custom-light: #74b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61397,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.24427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269696

secondary

#BC5C5C

accent

#4545E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269696

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

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