#269B8E#269B8E

#269B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.101 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269B8E
RGB	rgb(38, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -34.42, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 34.50, 183.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.1011 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.101 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4008, 25.8057, 29.6498)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269B8E #9B2633

analogous

#269B53 #269B8E #266E9B

triadic

#269B8E #8E269B #9B8E26

tetradic

#269B8E #53269B #9B2633 #6E9B26

square

#269B8E #53269B #9B2633 #6E9B26

split-complementary

#269B8E #9B266E #9B5326

monochromatic

#0E3934 #1A6A61 #269B8E #32CCBB #63D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#269B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#269B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269B8E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269B8E	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.101 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9af',
    500: '#269b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269b8e;
$custom-light: #74b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62408,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269B8E

secondary

#BE5F69

accent

#4456E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #269B8E

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

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