#269BB4#269BB4

#269BB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.104 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269BB4
RGB	rgb(38, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -22.66, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 31.57, 224.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0843 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.104 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7554, 27.1475, 47.3173)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269BB4 #B43F26

analogous

#26B486 #269BB4 #2654B4

triadic

#269BB4 #B4269B #9BB426

tetradic

#269BB4 #8626B4 #B43F26 #54B426

square

#269BB4 #8626B4 #B43F26 #54B426

split-complementary

#269BB4 #B42654 #B48626

monochromatic

#11444F #1B6F81 #269BB4 #40BCD7 #73CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#269BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#269BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269BB4

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269BB4	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.104 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8ca',
    500: '#269bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269bb4;
$custom-light: #78b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.563,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63846,
    "c": 0.10428,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269BB4

secondary

#C97D6D

accent

#5D40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #269BB4

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

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