#269BA5#269BA5

#269BA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269BA5
RGB	rgb(38, 155, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -27.51, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 31.00, 207.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0906 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3092, 26.5690, 39.7007)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269BA5 #A53026

analogous

#26A56F #269BA5 #265CA5

triadic

#269BA5 #A5269B #9BA526

tetradic

#269BA5 #6F26A5 #A53026 #5CA526

square

#269BA5 #6F26A5 #A53026 #5CA526

split-complementary

#269BA5 #A5265C #A56F26

monochromatic

#0F3E42 #1B6C73 #269BA5 #37C5D1 #69D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#269BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#269BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269BA5

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269BA5	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D87A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 155, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9bf',
    500: '#269ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269ba5;
$custom-light: #77b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.724,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63234,
    "c": 0.09893,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269BA5

secondary

#C36C64

accent

#4F42E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #269BA5

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

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