#269E9A#269E9A

#269E9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269E9A
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 154)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 2.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -32.33, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 33.12, 192.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0985 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.101 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8562, 27.1966, 34.8213)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269E9A #9E262A

analogous

#269E5E #269E9A #26669E

triadic

#269E9A #9A269E #9E9A26

tetradic

#269E9A #5E269E #9E262A #669E26

square

#269E9A #5E269E #9E262A #669E26

split-complementary

#269E9A #9E2666 #9E5E26

monochromatic

#0E3B3A #1A6D6A #269E9A #33CEC9 #65DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#269E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#269E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269E9A

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269E9A	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb7',
    500: '#269e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269e9a;
$custom-light: #76bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63588,
    "c": 0.10056,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269E9A

secondary

#C06063

accent

#4349E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #269E9A

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

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