#269AB2#269AB2

#269AB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.103 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269AB2
RGB	rgb(38, 154, 178)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 13.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -22.80, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 31.30, 223.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0841 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.103 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3874, 26.7351, 46.1967)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269AB2 #B23E26

analogous

#26B284 #269AB2 #2654B2

triadic

#269AB2 #B2269A #9AB226

tetradic

#269AB2 #8426B2 #B23E26 #54B226

square

#269AB2 #8426B2 #B23E26 #54B226

split-complementary

#269AB2 #B22654 #B28426

monochromatic

#10434D #1B6E80 #269AB2 #3FBCD6 #72CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#269AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#269AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269AB2

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269AB2	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7787B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 154, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.103 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c9',
    500: '#269ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269ab2;
$custom-light: #78b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63513,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269AB2

secondary

#C87C6C

accent

#5D40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #269AB2

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

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