#269E96#269E96

#269E96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.101 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269E96
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -33.51, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 33.90, 188.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.1004 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.101 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5286, 27.0655, 33.0959)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269E96 #9E262E

analogous

#269E5A #269E96 #266A9E

triadic

#269E96 #96269E #9E9626

tetradic

#269E96 #5A269E #9E262E #6A9E26

square

#269E96 #5A269E #9E262E #6A9E26

split-complementary

#269E96 #9E266A #9E5A26

monochromatic

#0E3B38 #1A6D67 #269E96 #33CEC4 #65DAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#269E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#269E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269E96

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269E96	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.101 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb4',
    500: '#269e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269e96;
$custom-light: #75bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6345,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269E96

secondary

#C06067

accent

#434EE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #269E96

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

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