#269A8F#269A8F

#269A8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.100 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269A8F
RGB	rgb(38, 154, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 7.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, -33.67, -3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 33.83, 185.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0996 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.1 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3105, 25.5044, 29.9918)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269A8F #9A2631

analogous

#269A55 #269A8F #266B9A

triadic

#269A8F #8F269A #9A8F26

tetradic

#269A8F #55269A #9A2631 #6B9A26

square

#269A8F #55269A #9A2631 #6B9A26

split-complementary

#269A8F #9A266B #9A5526

monochromatic

#0E3834 #1A6961 #269A8F #32CBBD #62D8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#269A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#269A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269A8F

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269A8F	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 154, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.100 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8af',
    500: '#269a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269a8f;
$custom-light: #74b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.31,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62183,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269A8F

secondary

#BE5E67

accent

#4453E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #269A8F

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

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