#269CA5#269CA5

#269CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269CA5
RGB	rgb(38, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -28.00, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 31.23, 206.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0916 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4763, 26.9032, 39.7564)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269CA5 #A52F26

analogous

#26A56F #269CA5 #265DA5

triadic

#269CA5 #A5269C #9CA526

tetradic

#269CA5 #6F26A5 #A52F26 #5DA526

square

#269CA5 #6F26A5 #A52F26 #5DA526

split-complementary

#269CA5 #A5265D #A56F26

monochromatic

#0F3E42 #1B6D73 #269CA5 #37C6D1 #69D4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#269CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#269CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269CA5

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269CA5	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9bf',
    500: '#269ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269ca5;
$custom-light: #77b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.252,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63486,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269CA5

secondary

#C36B64

accent

#4E42E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #269CA5

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

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