#269E9E#269E9E

#269E9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269E9E
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -31.14, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 32.49, 196.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0967 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.1 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1949, 27.3321, 36.6051)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269E9E #9E2626

analogous

#269E62 #269E9E #26629E

triadic

#269E9E #9E269E #9E9E26

tetradic

#269E9E #62269E #9E2626 #629E26

square

#269E9E #62269E #9E2626 #629E26

split-complementary

#269E9E #9E2662 #9E6226

monochromatic

#0E3B3B #1A6D6D #269E9E #33CECE #65DADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#269E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#269E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269E9E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269E9E	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbba',
    500: '#269e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269e9e;
$custom-light: #76bbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63731,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269E9E

secondary

#C06060

accent

#4343E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #269E9E

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

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