#269A9C#269A9C

#269A9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.098 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269A9C
RGB	rgb(38, 154, 156)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -29.81, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 31.47, 198.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0936 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.098 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3529, 25.9213, 35.4821)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269A9C #9C2826

analogous

#269C63 #269A9C #265F9C

triadic

#269A9C #9C269A #9A9C26

tetradic

#269A9C #63269C #9C2826 #5F9C26

square

#269A9C #63269C #9C2826 #5F9C26

split-complementary

#269A9C #9C265F #9C6326

monochromatic

#0E393A #1A696B #269A9C #32CACD #63D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#269A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#269A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269A9C

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269A9C	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 154, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.098 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b9',
    500: '#269a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269a9c;
$custom-light: #75b8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.017,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62639,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269A9C

secondary

#BF615F

accent

#4744E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269A9C

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

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