#269A96#269A96

#269A96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.098 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269A96
RGB	rgb(38, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -31.62, -6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 32.38, 192.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0963 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.098 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8574, 25.7231, 32.8722)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269A96 #9A262A

analogous

#269A5C #269A96 #26649A

triadic

#269A96 #96269A #9A9626

tetradic

#269A96 #5C269A #9A262A #649A26

square

#269A96 #5C269A #9A262A #649A26

split-complementary

#269A96 #9A2664 #9A5C26

monochromatic

#0E3836 #1A6966 #269A96 #32CBC6 #62D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#269A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#269A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269A96

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269A96	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.098 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b4',
    500: '#269a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269a96;
$custom-light: #75b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.931,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62423,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269A96

secondary

#BE5E61

accent

#444AE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269A96

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

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