#269CA6#269CA6

#269CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269CA6
RGB	rgb(38, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -27.69, -14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 31.19, 207.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0911 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.1 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5677, 26.9398, 40.2376)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269CA6 #A63026

analogous

#26A670 #269CA6 #265CA6

triadic

#269CA6 #A6269C #9CA626

tetradic

#269CA6 #7026A6 #A63026 #5CA626

square

#269CA6 #7026A6 #A63026 #5CA626

split-complementary

#269CA6 #A6265C #A67026

monochromatic

#0F3E42 #1B6D74 #269CA6 #38C5D1 #6AD4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#269CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#269CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269CA6

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269CA6	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c0',
    500: '#269ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269ca6;
$custom-light: #77b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.688,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63524,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269CA6

secondary

#C36C65

accent

#4F42E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #269CA6

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

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