#269B9E#269B9E

#269B9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.098 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269B9E
RGB	rgb(38, 155, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 1.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -29.68, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 31.54, 199.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0937 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.098 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6894, 26.3211, 36.4366)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269B9E #9E2926

analogous

#269E65 #269B9E #265F9E

triadic

#269B9E #9E269B #9B9E26

tetradic

#269B9E #65269E #9E2926 #5F9E26

square

#269B9E #65269E #9E2926 #5F9E26

split-complementary

#269B9E #9E265F #9E6526

monochromatic

#0E3A3B #1A6B6D #269B9E #33CACE #65D7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#269B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#269B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269B9E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269B9E	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 155, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.098 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9ba',
    500: '#269b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269b9e;
$custom-light: #76b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62968,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269B9E

secondary

#C06360

accent

#4743E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269B9E

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

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