#269C8C#269C8C

#269C8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.103 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269C8C
RGB	rgb(38, 156, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 10.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -35.44, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 35.45, 181.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.1031 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.103 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4191, 26.0803, 28.9218)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269C8C #9C2636

analogous

#269C51 #269C8C #26719C

triadic

#269C8C #8C269C #9C8C26

tetradic

#269C8C #51269C #9C2636 #719C26

square

#269C8C #51269C #9C2636 #719C26

split-complementary

#269C8C #9C2671 #9C5126

monochromatic

#0E3A34 #1A6B60 #269C8C #32CDB8 #63D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#269C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#269C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269C8C

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269C8C	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 156, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.103 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baad',
    500: '#269c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269c8c;
$custom-light: #74baad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.864,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62603,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269C8C

secondary

#BF5F6C

accent

#445AE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #269C8C

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

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