#269E97#269E97

#269E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.101 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269E97
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -33.22, -5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 33.69, 189.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0999 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.101 189)
XYZ	xyz(18.6095, 27.0979, 33.5218)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269E97 #9E262D

analogous

#269E5B #269E97 #26699E

triadic

#269E97 #97269E #9E9726

tetradic

#269E97 #5B269E #9E262D #699E26

square

#269E97 #5B269E #9E262D #699E26

split-complementary

#269E97 #9E2669 #9E5B26

monochromatic

#0E3B39 #1A6D68 #269E97 #33CEC5 #65DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#269E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#269E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269E97

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269E97	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.101 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb5',
    500: '#269e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269e97;
$custom-light: #75bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63484,
    "c": 0.10117,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269E97

secondary

#C06066

accent

#434DE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #269E97

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

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