#269DA8#269DA8

#269DA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.100 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269DA8
RGB	rgb(38, 157, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 6.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -27.56, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 31.33, 208.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0913 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.1 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9210, 27.3507, 41.2675)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269DA8 #A83126

analogous

#26A872 #269DA8 #265CA8

triadic

#269DA8 #A8269D #9DA826

tetradic

#269DA8 #7226A8 #A83126 #5CA826

square

#269DA8 #7226A8 #A83126 #5CA826

split-complementary

#269DA8 #A8265C #A87226

monochromatic

#0F4044 #1B6E76 #269DA8 #39C5D2 #6BD4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#269DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#269DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269DA8

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269DA8	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9096A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 157, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.100 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bac1',
    500: '#269da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269da8;
$custom-light: #77bac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.077,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63854,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269DA8

secondary

#C46E66

accent

#5042E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #269DA8

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

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