#269CA8#269CA8

#269CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.100 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269CA8
RGB	rgb(38, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -27.06, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 31.12, 209.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0903 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.1 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7525, 27.0137, 41.2113)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269CA8 #A83226

analogous

#26A873 #269CA8 #265BA8

triadic

#269CA8 #A8269C #9CA826

tetradic

#269CA8 #7326A8 #A83226 #5BA826

square

#269CA8 #7326A8 #A83226 #5BA826

split-complementary

#269CA8 #A8265B #A87326

monochromatic

#0F3F44 #1B6E76 #269CA8 #39C4D2 #6BD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#269CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#269CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269CA8

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269CA8	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.100 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c1',
    500: '#269ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269ca8;
$custom-light: #77b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.538,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63603,
    "c": 0.0999,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269CA8

secondary

#C46F66

accent

#5142E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #269CA8

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

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