#269B99#269B99

#269B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.099 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269B99
RGB	rgb(38, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -31.20, -8.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 32.23, 194.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.0959 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.099 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2678, 26.1524, 34.2160)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269B99 #9B2628

analogous

#269B5E #269B99 #26639B

triadic

#269B99 #99269B #9B9926

tetradic

#269B99 #5E269B #9B2628 #639B26

square

#269B99 #5E269B #9B2628 #639B26

split-complementary

#269B99 #9B2663 #9B5E26

monochromatic

#0E3938 #1A6A68 #269B99 #32CCCA #63D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#269B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#269B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269B99

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269B99	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.099 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b7',
    500: '#269b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269b99;
$custom-light: #75b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.974,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62786,
    "c": 0.09855,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269B99

secondary

#BE5F60

accent

#4447E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269B99

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

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