#269AB4#269AB4

#269AB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269AB4
RGB	rgb(38, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -22.14, -22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 31.54, 225.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0833 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.104 217)
XYZ	xyz(20.5896, 26.8160, 47.2620)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269AB4 #B44026

analogous

#26B487 #269AB4 #2653B4

triadic

#269AB4 #B4269A #9AB426

tetradic

#269AB4 #8726B4 #B44026 #53B426

square

#269AB4 #8726B4 #B44026 #53B426

split-complementary

#269AB4 #B42653 #B48726

monochromatic

#11444F #1B6F81 #269AB4 #40BBD7 #73CDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#269AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#269AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269AB4

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269AB4	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8ca',
    500: '#269ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269ab4;
$custom-light: #78b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.986,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63598,
    "c": 0.10429,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.26819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269AB4

secondary

#C97E6D

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #269AB4

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

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