#269EA6#269EA6

#269EA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.100 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269EA6
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, -28.68, -13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 31.66, 205.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0931 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.1 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9060, 27.6165, 40.3504)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269EA6 #A62E26

analogous

#26A66E #269EA6 #265EA6

triadic

#269EA6 #A6269E #9EA626

tetradic

#269EA6 #6E26A6 #A62E26 #5EA626

square

#269EA6 #6E26A6 #A62E26 #5EA626

split-complementary

#269EA6 #A6265E #A66E26

monochromatic

#0F3F42 #1B6F74 #269EA6 #38C8D1 #6AD6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#269EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#269EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269EA6

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269EA6	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.100 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbc0',
    500: '#269ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269ea6;
$custom-light: #77bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64028,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269EA6

secondary

#C36B65

accent

#4C42E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #269EA6

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

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