#269C8E#269C8E

#269C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269C8E
RGB	rgb(38, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -34.88, -1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 34.93, 183.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.1021 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.102 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5679, 26.1399, 29.7055)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269C8E #9C2634

analogous

#269C53 #269C8E #266F9C

triadic

#269C8E #8E269C #9C8E26

tetradic

#269C8E #53269C #9C2634 #6F9C26

square

#269C8E #53269C #9C2634 #6F9C26

split-complementary

#269C8E #9C266F #9C5326

monochromatic

#0E3A34 #1A6B61 #269C8E #32CDBB #63D9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#269C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#269C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269C8E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269C8E	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84878F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baaf',
    500: '#269c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269c8e;
$custom-light: #74baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.881,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62667,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269C8E

secondary

#BF5F6A

accent

#4457E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #269C8E

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

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