#269A97#269A97

#269A97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.098 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269A97
RGB	rgb(38, 154, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -31.32, -7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 32.20, 193.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0958 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.098 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9382, 25.7555, 33.2980)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269A97 #9A2629

analogous

#269A5D #269A97 #26639A

triadic

#269A97 #97269A #9A9726

tetradic

#269A97 #5D269A #9A2629 #639A26

square

#269A97 #5D269A #9A2629 #639A26

split-complementary

#269A97 #9A2663 #9A5D26

monochromatic

#0E3837 #1A6967 #269A97 #32CBC7 #62D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#269A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#269A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269A97

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269A97	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 154, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.098 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b5',
    500: '#269a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269a97;
$custom-light: #75b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.448,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62459,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269A97

secondary

#BE5E61

accent

#4448E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269A97

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

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