#269D96#269D96

#269D96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.101 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269D96
RGB	rgb(38, 157, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 4.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -33.04, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 33.51, 189.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0994 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.101 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3587, 26.7258, 33.0393)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269D96 #9D262D

analogous

#269D5B #269D96 #26689D

triadic

#269D96 #96269D #9D9626

tetradic

#269D96 #5B269D #9D262D #689D26

square

#269D96 #5B269D #9D262D #689D26

split-complementary

#269D96 #9D2668 #9D5B26

monochromatic

#0E3A38 #1A6C67 #269D96 #33CEC4 #64D9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#269D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#269D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269D96

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269D96	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 157, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.101 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab4',
    500: '#269d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269d96;
$custom-light: #75bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63193,
    "c": 0.1006,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269D96

secondary

#BF6065

accent

#444DE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #269D96

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

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