#269A9E#269A9E

#269A9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.098 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269A9E
RGB	rgb(38, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -29.19, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 31.25, 200.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0927 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.098 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5237, 25.9896, 36.3814)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269A9E #9E2A26

analogous

#269E66 #269A9E #265E9E

triadic

#269A9E #9E269A #9A9E26

tetradic

#269A9E #66269E #9E2A26 #5E9E26

square

#269A9E #66269E #9E2A26 #5E9E26

split-complementary

#269A9E #9E265E #9E6626

monochromatic

#0E3A3B #1A6A6D #269A9E #33C9CE #65D6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#269A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#269A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269A9E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269A9E	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.098 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8ba',
    500: '#269a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269a9e;
$custom-light: #76b8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62714,
    "c": 0.09771,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269A9E

secondary

#C06360

accent

#4943E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269A9E

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

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