#269EAE#269EAE

#269EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.102 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269EAE
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -26.15, -17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 31.48, 213.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0897 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.102 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6628, 27.9192, 44.3361)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269EAE #AE3626

analogous

#26AE7A #269EAE #265AAE

triadic

#269EAE #AE269E #9EAE26

tetradic

#269EAE #7A26AE #AE3626 #5AAE26

square

#269EAE #7A26AE #AE3626 #5AAE26

split-complementary

#269EAE #AE265A #AE7A26

monochromatic

#10434A #1B707C #269EAE #3DC3D5 #6FD2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#269EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#269EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269EAE

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269EAE	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.102 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc6',
    500: '#269eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269eae;
$custom-light: #78bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64342,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269EAE

secondary

#C6746A

accent

#5441E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #269EAE

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

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