#269AAE#269AAE

#269AAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.101 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269AAE
RGB	rgb(38, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -24.11, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 30.95, 218.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0858 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.101 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9916, 26.5768, 44.1124)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269AAE #AE3A26

analogous

#26AE7E #269AAE #2656AE

triadic

#269AAE #AE269A #9AAE26

tetradic

#269AAE #7E26AE #AE3A26 #56AE26

square

#269AAE #7E26AE #AE3A26 #56AE26

split-complementary

#269AAE #AE2656 #AE7E26

monochromatic

#10414A #1B6E7C #269AAE #3DBED5 #6FCFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#269AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#269AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269AAE

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269AAE	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B94AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.101 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c6',
    500: '#269aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269aae;
$custom-light: #78b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63345,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269AAE

secondary

#C6776A

accent

#5941E7

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #269AAE

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

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