#269E86#269E86

#269E86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.108 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269E86
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 134)
HSL	hsl(168, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 15.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -37.99, 3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 38.14, 175.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.108 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.108 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3271, 26.5849, 26.7678)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269E86 #9E263E

analogous

#269E4A #269E86 #267A9E

triadic

#269E86 #86269E #9E8626

tetradic

#269E86 #4A269E #9E263E #7A9E26

square

#269E86 #4A269E #9E263E #7A9E26

split-complementary

#269E86 #9E267A #9E4A26

monochromatic

#0E3B32 #1A6D5C #269E86 #33CEAF #65DAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#269E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#269E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269E86

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269E86	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.108 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba9',
    500: '#269e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269e86;
$custom-light: #74bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62937,
    "c": 0.10833,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269E86

secondary

#C06073

accent

#4364E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #269E86

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

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