#269D8E#269D8E

#269D8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269D8E
RGB	rgb(38, 157, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -35.34, -1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 35.37, 182.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.1031 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.103 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7364, 26.4769, 29.7617)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269D8E #9D2635

analogous

#269D52 #269D8E #26709D

triadic

#269D8E #8E269D #9D8E26

tetradic

#269D8E #52269D #9D2635 #709D26

square

#269D8E #52269D #9D2635 #709D26

split-complementary

#269D8E #9D2670 #9D5226

monochromatic

#0E3A35 #1A6C61 #269D8E #33CEBA #64D9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#269D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#269D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269D8E

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269D8E	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 157, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baaf',
    500: '#269d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269d8e;
$custom-light: #75baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.437,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62926,
    "c": 0.10324,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269D8E

secondary

#BF606C

accent

#4458E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #269D8E

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

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