#269D9C#269D9C

#269D9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.100 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269D9C
RGB	rgb(38, 157, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -31.26, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 32.45, 195.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0966 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.1 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8543, 26.9240, 35.6492)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269D9C #9D2627

analogous

#269D60 #269D9C #26629D

triadic

#269D9C #9C269D #9D9C26

tetradic

#269D9C #60269D #9D2627 #629D26

square

#269D9C #60269D #9D2627 #629D26

split-complementary

#269D9C #9D2662 #9D6026

monochromatic

#0E3A3A #1A6C6B #269D9C #33CECC #64D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#269D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#269D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269D9C

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269D9C	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 157, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.100 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab9',
    500: '#269d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269d9c;
$custom-light: #76bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.496,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63404,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269D9C

secondary

#BF6061

accent

#4445E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #269D9C

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

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