#269C96#269C96

#269C96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.100 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269C96
RGB	rgb(38, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, -32.57, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 33.12, 190.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0984 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.1 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1902, 26.3888, 32.9831)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269C96 #9C262C

analogous

#269C5B #269C96 #26679C

triadic

#269C96 #96269C #9C9626

tetradic

#269C96 #5B269C #9C262C #679C26

square

#269C96 #5B269C #9C262C #679C26

split-complementary

#269C96 #9C2667 #9C5B26

monochromatic

#0E3A37 #1A6B67 #269C96 #32CDC5 #63D9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#269C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#269C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269C96

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269C96	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.100 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab4',
    500: '#269c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269c96;
$custom-light: #75bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.949,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62936,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269C96

secondary

#BF5F64

accent

#444CE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269C96

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

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