#269D9F#269D9F

#269D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269D9F
RGB	rgb(38, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -30.35, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 32.04, 198.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0953 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.099 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1114, 27.0269, 37.0036)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269D9F #9F2826

analogous

#269F64 #269D9F #26609F

triadic

#269D9F #9F269D #9D9F26

tetradic

#269D9F #64269F #9F2826 #609F26

square

#269D9F #64269F #9F2826 #609F26

split-complementary

#269D9F #9F2660 #9F6426

monochromatic

#0E3B3C #1A6C6E #269D9F #34CCCE #65D8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#269D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#269D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269D9F

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269D9F	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8189A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76babb',
    500: '#269d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269d9f;
$custom-light: #76babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.992,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63513,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269D9F

secondary

#C06261

accent

#4643E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #269D9F

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

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