#269A9D#269A9D

#269A9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.098 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269A9D
RGB	rgb(38, 154, 157)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 1.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -29.50, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 31.36, 199.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0931 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.098 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4380, 25.9553, 35.9299)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269A9D #9D2926

analogous

#269D65 #269A9D #265E9D

triadic

#269A9D #9D269A #9A9D26

tetradic

#269A9D #65269D #9D2926 #5E9D26

square

#269A9D #65269D #9D2926 #5E9D26

split-complementary

#269A9D #9D265E #9D6526

monochromatic

#0E393A #1A6A6C #269A9D #33CACE #64D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#269A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#269A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269A9D

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269A9D	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 154, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.098 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b9',
    500: '#269a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269a9d;
$custom-light: #75b8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.513,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62676,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269A9D

secondary

#BF6260

accent

#4844E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269A9D

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

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