#269C99#269C99

#269C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.099 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269C99
RGB	rgb(38, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -31.68, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 32.58, 193.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.097 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.099 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4349, 26.4867, 34.2717)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269C99 #9C2629

analogous

#269C5E #269C99 #26649C

triadic

#269C99 #99269C #9C9926

tetradic

#269C99 #5E269C #9C2629 #649C26

square

#269C99 #5E269C #9C2629 #649C26

split-complementary

#269C99 #9C2664 #9C5E26

monochromatic

#0E3A38 #1A6B69 #269C99 #32CDC9 #63D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#269C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#269C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269C99

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269C99	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.099 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab7',
    500: '#269c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269c99;
$custom-light: #75bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.475,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63042,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269C99

secondary

#BF5F62

accent

#4448E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269C99

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

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