#269BAE#269BAE

#269BAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.102 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269BAE
RGB	rgb(38, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -24.63, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 31.06, 217.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0867 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.102 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1573, 26.9083, 44.1676)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269BAE #AE3926

analogous

#26AE7D #269BAE #2657AE

triadic

#269BAE #AE269B #9BAE26

tetradic

#269BAE #7D26AE #AE3926 #57AE26

square

#269BAE #7D26AE #AE3926 #57AE26

split-complementary

#269BAE #AE2657 #AE7D26

monochromatic

#10424A #1B6E7C #269BAE #3DBFD5 #6FD0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#269BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#269BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269BAE

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269BAE	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7988AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.102 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c6',
    500: '#269bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269bae;
$custom-light: #78b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.382,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63594,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269BAE

secondary

#C6776A

accent

#5841E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #269BAE

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

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