#269E8C#269E8C

#269E8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269E8C
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 140)
HSL	hsl(171, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 11.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -36.36, 0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 36.36, 179.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.1051 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.105 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7575, 26.7571, 29.0346)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269E8C #9E2638

analogous

#269E50 #269E8C #26749E

triadic

#269E8C #8C269E #9E8C26

tetradic

#269E8C #50269E #9E2638 #749E26

square

#269E8C #50269E #9E2638 #749E26

split-complementary

#269E8C #9E2674 #9E5026

monochromatic

#0E3B35 #1A6D60 #269E8C #33CEB7 #65DAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#269E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#269E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269E8C

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269E8C	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbad',
    500: '#269e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269e8c;
$custom-light: #75bbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63122,
    "c": 0.10513,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269E8C

secondary

#C0606F

accent

#435CE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #269E8C

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

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