#269B8B#269B8B

#269B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.103 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269B8B
RGB	rgb(38, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -35.27, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 35.27, 181.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.1025 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.103 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1786, 25.7168, 28.4795)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269B8B #9B2636

analogous

#269B50 #269B8B #26709B

triadic

#269B8B #8B269B #9B8B26

tetradic

#269B8B #50269B #9B2636 #709B26

square

#269B8B #50269B #9B2636 #709B26

split-complementary

#269B8B #9B2670 #9B5026

monochromatic

#0E3933 #1A6A5F #269B8B #32CCB7 #63D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#269B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#269B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269B8B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269B8B	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.103 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9ac',
    500: '#269b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269b8b;
$custom-light: #74b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.795,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62311,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269B8B

secondary

#BE5F6C

accent

#445AE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #269B8B

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

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