#269BB5#269BB5

#269BB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.105 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269BB5
RGB	rgb(38, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -22.33, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 31.70, 225.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0839 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.105 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8576, 27.1884, 47.8557)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269BB5 #B54026

analogous

#26B587 #269BB5 #2653B5

triadic

#269BB5 #B5269B #9BB526

tetradic

#269BB5 #8726B5 #B54026 #53B526

square

#269BB5 #8726B5 #B54026 #53B526

split-complementary

#269BB5 #B52653 #B58726

monochromatic

#114450 #1B7082 #269BB5 #41BCD7 #74CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#269BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#269BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269BB5

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269BB5	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.105 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8cb',
    500: '#269bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269bb5;
$custom-light: #79b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63888,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269BB5

secondary

#C97E6E

accent

#5E40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #269BB5

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

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