#269A8B#269A8B

#269A8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.102 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269A8B
RGB	rgb(38, 154, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 9.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -34.81, -1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 34.83, 181.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.1015 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.102 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0129, 25.3853, 28.4243)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269A8B #9A2635

analogous

#269A51 #269A8B #266F9A

triadic

#269A8B #8B269A #9A8B26

tetradic

#269A8B #51269A #9A2635 #6F9A26

square

#269A8B #51269A #9A2635 #6F9A26

split-complementary

#269A8B #9A266F #9A5126

monochromatic

#0E3832 #1A695F #269A8B #32CBB7 #62D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#269A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#269A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269A8B

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269A8B	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 154, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.102 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8ac',
    500: '#269a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269a8b;
$custom-light: #74b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.241,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62051,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269A8B

secondary

#BE5E6A

accent

#4459E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #269A8B

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

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