#269E8A#269E8A

#269E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.106 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269E8A
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -36.91, 1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 36.93, 178.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.1061 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.106 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6113, 26.6986, 28.2650)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269E8A #9E263A

analogous

#269E4E #269E8A #26769E

triadic

#269E8A #8A269E #9E8A26

tetradic

#269E8A #4E269E #9E263A #769E26

square

#269E8A #4E269E #9E263A #769E26

split-complementary

#269E8A #9E2676 #9E4E26

monochromatic

#0E3B34 #1A6D5F #269E8A #33CEB4 #65DAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#269E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#269E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269E8A

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269E8A	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.106 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbac',
    500: '#269e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269e8a;
$custom-light: #74bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63059,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269E8A

secondary

#C06070

accent

#435EE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #269E8A

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

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