#269C8B#269C8B

#269C8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.104 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269C8B
RGB	rgb(38, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 10.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -35.72, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 35.72, 180.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.1035 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.104 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3457, 26.0510, 28.5353)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269C8B #9C2637

analogous

#269C50 #269C8B #26729C

triadic

#269C8B #8B269C #9C8B26

tetradic

#269C8B #50269C #9C2637 #729C26

square

#269C8B #50269C #9C2637 #729C26

split-complementary

#269C8B #9C2672 #9C5026

monochromatic

#0E3A33 #1A6B5F #269C8B #32CDB7 #63D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#269C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#269C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269C8B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269C8B	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.104 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baac',
    500: '#269c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269c8b;
$custom-light: #74baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.356,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62571,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269C8B

secondary

#BF5F6D

accent

#445BE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #269C8B

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

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