#269AB5#269AB5

#269AB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.105 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269AB5
RGB	rgb(38, 154, 181)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 14.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -21.81, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 31.67, 226.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0829 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.105 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6919, 26.8569, 47.8004)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269AB5 #B54126

analogous

#26B589 #269AB5 #2652B5

triadic

#269AB5 #B5269A #9AB526

tetradic

#269AB5 #8926B5 #B54126 #52B526

square

#269AB5 #8926B5 #B54126 #52B526

split-complementary

#269AB5 #B52652 #B58926

monochromatic

#114450 #1B6F82 #269AB5 #41BBD7 #74CDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#269AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#269AB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269AB5

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269AB5	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 154, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.105 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8cb',
    500: '#269ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269ab5;
$custom-light: #78b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.329,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63642,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269AB5

secondary

#C97F6E

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #269AB5

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

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