#269C9F#269C9F

#269C9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.099 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269C9F
RGB	rgb(38, 156, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 1.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -29.86, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 31.73, 199.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0942 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.099 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9430, 26.6899, 36.9475)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269C9F #9F2926

analogous

#269F65 #269C9F #265F9F

triadic

#269C9F #9F269C #9C9F26

tetradic

#269C9F #65269F #9F2926 #5F9F26

square

#269C9F #65269F #9F2926 #5F9F26

split-complementary

#269C9F #9F265F #9F6526

monochromatic

#0E3B3C #1A6C6E #269C9F #34CBCE #65D7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#269C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#269C9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269C9F

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269C9F	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8088A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 156, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.099 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9bb',
    500: '#269c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269c9f;
$custom-light: #76b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.488,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63259,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269C9F

secondary

#C06361

accent

#4743E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269C9F

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

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