#269E8F#269E8F

#269E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269E8F
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -35.52, -1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 35.55, 182.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.1037 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.104 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9817, 26.8468, 30.2155)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269E8F #9E2635

analogous

#269E53 #269E8F #26719E

triadic

#269E8F #8F269E #9E8F26

tetradic

#269E8F #53269E #9E2635 #719E26

square

#269E8F #53269E #9E2635 #719E26

split-complementary

#269E8F #9E2671 #9E5326

monochromatic

#0E3B36 #1A6D62 #269E8F #33CEBB #65DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#269E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#269E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269E8F

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269E8F	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbaf',
    500: '#269e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269e8f;
$custom-light: #75bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63217,
    "c": 0.10379,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269E8F

secondary

#C0606C

accent

#4358E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #269E8F

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

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