#269E79#269E79

#269E79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.117 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269E79
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 23.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -41.34, 10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 42.57, 166.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.1144 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.117 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4755, 26.2443, 22.2828)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269E79 #9E264B

analogous

#269E3D #269E79 #26879E

triadic

#269E79 #79269E #9E7926

tetradic

#269E79 #3D269E #9E264B #879E26

square

#269E79 #3D269E #9E264B #879E26

split-complementary

#269E79 #9E2687 #9E3D26

monochromatic

#0E3B2D #1A6D53 #269E79 #33CE9E #65DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#269E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#269E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269E79

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269E79	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.117 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb9f',
    500: '#269e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269e79;
$custom-light: #73bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62569,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269E79

secondary

#C0607E

accent

#4375E4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #269E79

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

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