#269D8A#269D8A

#269D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.105 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269D8A
RGB	rgb(38, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -36.46, 0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 36.46, 178.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.1051 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.105 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4415, 26.3589, 28.2084)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269D8A #9D2639

analogous

#269D4E #269D8A #26749D

triadic

#269D8A #8A269D #9D8A26

tetradic

#269D8A #4E269D #9D2639 #749D26

square

#269D8A #4E269D #9D2639 #749D26

split-complementary

#269D8A #9D2674 #9D4E26

monochromatic

#0E3A33 #1A6C5F #269D8A #33CEB5 #64D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#269D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#269D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269D8A

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269D8A	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.105 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baac',
    500: '#269d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269d8a;
$custom-light: #74baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.42,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62799,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269D8A

secondary

#BF606F

accent

#445DE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #269D8A

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

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