#269DAE#269DAE

#269DAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.102 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269DAE
RGB	rgb(38, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -25.64, -17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 31.32, 215.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0887 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.102 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4929, 27.5795, 44.2795)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269DAE #AE3726

analogous

#26AE7B #269DAE #2659AE

triadic

#269DAE #AE269D #9DAE26

tetradic

#269DAE #7B26AE #AE3726 #59AE26

square

#269DAE #7B26AE #AE3726 #59AE26

split-complementary

#269DAE #AE2659 #AE7B26

monochromatic

#10424A #1B707C #269DAE #3DC2D5 #6FD1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#269DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#269DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269DAE

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269DAE	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.102 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bac6',
    500: '#269dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269dae;
$custom-light: #78bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64093,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269DAE

secondary

#C6756A

accent

#5541E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #269DAE

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

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