#269E9B#269E9B

#269E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.100 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269E9B
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -32.04, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 32.95, 193.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0981 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.1 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9398, 27.2300, 35.2617)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269E9B #9E2629

analogous

#269E5F #269E9B #26659E

triadic

#269E9B #9B269E #9E9B26

tetradic

#269E9B #5F269E #9E2629 #659E26

square

#269E9B #5F269E #9E2629 #659E26

split-complementary

#269E9B #9E2665 #9E5F26

monochromatic

#0E3B3A #1A6D6B #269E9B #33CECA #65DAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#269E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#269E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269E9B

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269E9B	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.100 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb8',
    500: '#269e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269e9b;
$custom-light: #76bbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63624,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269E9B

secondary

#C06063

accent

#4347E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #269E9B

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

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