#269D9E#269D9E

#269D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269D9E
RGB	rgb(38, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -30.65, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 32.16, 197.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0957 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.099 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0250, 26.9923, 36.5485)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269D9E #9E2726

analogous

#269E63 #269D9E #26619E

triadic

#269D9E #9E269D #9D9E26

tetradic

#269D9E #63269E #9E2726 #619E26

square

#269D9E #63269E #9E2726 #619E26

split-complementary

#269D9E #9E2661 #9E6326

monochromatic

#0E3B3B #1A6C6D #269D9E #33CDCE #65D9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#269D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#269D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269D9E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269D9E	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76baba',
    500: '#269d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269d9e;
$custom-light: #76baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63476,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269D9E

secondary

#C06160

accent

#4543E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269D9E

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

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