#269BA6#269BA6

#269BA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.099 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269BA6
RGB	rgb(38, 155, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 6.6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -27.19, -14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 30.97, 208.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0901 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.099 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4006, 26.6056, 40.1819)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269BA6 #A63126

analogous

#26A671 #269BA6 #265BA6

triadic

#269BA6 #A6269B #9BA626

tetradic

#269BA6 #7126A6 #A63126 #5BA626

square

#269BA6 #7126A6 #A63126 #5BA626

split-complementary

#269BA6 #A6265B #A67126

monochromatic

#0F3E42 #1B6D74 #269BA6 #38C4D1 #6AD3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#269BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#269BA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269BA6

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269BA6	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 155, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.099 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c0',
    500: '#269ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269ba6;
$custom-light: #77b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.156,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63273,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269BA6

secondary

#C36D65

accent

#5042E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #269BA6

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

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