#269AB9#269AB9

#269AB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.107 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269AB9
RGB	rgb(38, 154, 185)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -20.47, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 32.30, 230.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0813 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.107 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1082, 27.0234, 49.9931)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269AB9 #B94526

analogous

#26B98E #269AB9 #2650B9

triadic

#269AB9 #B9269A #9AB926

tetradic

#269AB9 #8E26B9 #B94526 #50B926

square

#269AB9 #8E26B9 #B94526 #50B926

split-complementary

#269AB9 #B92650 #B98E26

monochromatic

#114553 #1C7086 #269AB9 #44B9D9 #76CCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#269AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#269AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269AB9

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269AB9	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 154, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.107 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8ce',
    500: '#269ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269ab9;
$custom-light: #79b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.653,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63817,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269AB9

secondary

#CA8370

accent

#633FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #269AB9

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

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