#269CAD#269CAD

#269CAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.101 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#269CAD
RGBrgb(38, 156, 173)
HSLhsl(188, 64%, 41%)
HSVhsv(188, 78%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(78%, 9.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.16, -25.46, -17.95)
CIE-LCHlch(59.16, 31.15, 215.19°)
OKLaboklab(63.8% -0.0881 -0.05)
OKLCHoklch(63.8% 0.101 209.6)
XYZxyz(20.2273, 27.2036, 43.7118)
Luminance0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#269CAD #AD3726
analogous
#26AD7B #269CAD #2658AD
triadic
#269CAD #AD269C #9CAD26
tetradic
#269CAD #7B26AD #AD3726 #58AD26
square
#269CAD #7B26AD #AD3726 #58AD26
split-complementary
#269CAD #AD2658 #AD7B26
monochromatic
#104249 #1B6F7B #269CAD #3CC1D4 #6ED1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26
#269CAD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44
#269CAD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269CAD
6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##269CAD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##269CAD1.003.266.446.44
#FFFFFF3.261.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4421.001.001.00
##0000006.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8D96AE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B89AD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A4A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #269cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 156, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.101 209.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c5',
    500: '#269cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #269cad;
$custom-light: #78b9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#269cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.556,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63802,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#269CAD
secondary
#C67569
accent
#5641E7
background
#F7FBFC
surface
#EEF6F8
border
#C9D0D1
text
#0A1112
muted
#7C8081

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#269CAD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva