#269CAE#269CAE

#269CAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.102 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269CAE
RGB	rgb(38, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -25.14, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 31.19, 216.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0877 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.102 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3244, 27.2425, 44.2233)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269CAE #AE3826

analogous

#26AE7C #269CAE #2658AE

triadic

#269CAE #AE269C #9CAE26

tetradic

#269CAE #7C26AE #AE3826 #58AE26

square

#269CAE #7C26AE #AE3826 #58AE26

split-complementary

#269CAE #AE2658 #AE7C26

monochromatic

#10424A #1B6F7C #269CAE #3DC0D5 #6FD1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#269CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#269CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269CAE

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269CAE	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.102 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c6',
    500: '#269cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269cae;
$custom-light: #78b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.941,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63843,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269CAE

secondary

#C6766A

accent

#5741E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #269CAE

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

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