#269CB5#269CB5

#269CB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.105 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269CB5
RGB	rgb(38, 156, 181)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 13.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -22.85, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 31.74, 223.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0848 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.105 216)
XYZ	xyz(21.0247, 27.5226, 47.9114)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269CB5 #B53F26

analogous

#26B587 #269CB5 #2654B5

triadic

#269CB5 #B5269C #9CB526

tetradic

#269CB5 #8726B5 #B53F26 #54B526

square

#269CB5 #8726B5 #B53F26 #54B526

split-complementary

#269CB5 #B52654 #B58726

monochromatic

#114550 #1B7082 #269CB5 #41BDD7 #74CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#269CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#269CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269CB5

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269CB5	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 156, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.105 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9cb',
    500: '#269cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269cb5;
$custom-light: #79b9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.49,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64135,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.27525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269CB5

secondary

#C97E6E

accent

#5D40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #269CB5

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

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