#269D9B#269D9B

#269D9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.100 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269D9B
RGB	rgb(38, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -31.56, -8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 32.60, 194.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0971 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.1 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7699, 26.8903, 35.2051)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269D9B #9D2628

analogous

#269D60 #269D9B #26639D

triadic

#269D9B #9B269D #9D9B26

tetradic

#269D9B #60269D #9D2628 #639D26

square

#269D9B #60269D #9D2628 #639D26

split-complementary

#269D9B #9D2663 #9D6026

monochromatic

#0E3A3A #1A6C6A #269D9B #33CECB #64D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#269D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#269D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269D9B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269D9B	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.100 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab8',
    500: '#269d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269d9b;
$custom-light: #76bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.992,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63368,
    "c": 0.09971,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269D9B

secondary

#BF6061

accent

#4446E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #269D9B

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

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