#269B9C#269B9C

#269B9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.098 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269B9C
RGB	rgb(38, 155, 156)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -30.29, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 31.79, 197.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0946 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.098 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5187, 26.2528, 35.5373)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269B9C #9C2726

analogous

#269C62 #269B9C #26609C

triadic

#269B9C #9C269B #9B9C26

tetradic

#269B9C #62269C #9C2726 #609C26

square

#269B9C #62269C #9C2726 #609C26

split-complementary

#269B9C #9C2660 #9C6226

monochromatic

#0E393A #1A6A6B #269B9C #32CCCD #63D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#269B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#269B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269B9C

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269B9C	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 155, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.098 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9b9',
    500: '#269b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269b9c;
$custom-light: #76b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.508,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62894,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269B9C

secondary

#BF605F

accent

#4544E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269B9C

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

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