#269E99#269E99

#269E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269E99
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -32.63, -6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 33.30, 191.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.099 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.101 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7733, 27.1634, 34.3845)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269E99 #9E262B

analogous

#269E5D #269E99 #26679E

triadic

#269E99 #99269E #9E9926

tetradic

#269E99 #5D269E #9E262B #679E26

square

#269E99 #5D269E #9E262B #679E26

split-complementary

#269E99 #9E2667 #9E5D26

monochromatic

#0E3B39 #1A6D69 #269E99 #33CEC8 #65DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#269E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#269E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269E99

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269E99	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb7',
    500: '#269e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269e99;
$custom-light: #76bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63553,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269E99

secondary

#C06064

accent

#434AE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #269E99

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

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