#269DB9#269DB9

#269DB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.107 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269DB9
RGB	rgb(38, 157, 185)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, -22.04, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 32.28, 226.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0842 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.107 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6095, 28.0261, 50.1602)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269DB9 #B94226

analogous

#26B98B #269DB9 #2653B9

triadic

#269DB9 #B9269D #9DB926

tetradic

#269DB9 #8B26B9 #B94226 #53B926

square

#269DB9 #8B26B9 #B94226 #53B926

split-complementary

#269DB9 #B92653 #B98B26

monochromatic

#114753 #1C7286 #269DB9 #44BCD9 #76CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#269DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#269DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269DB9

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269DB9	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 157, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.107 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bace',
    500: '#269db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269db9;
$custom-light: #79bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64554,
    "c": 0.10695,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269DB9

secondary

#CA8270

accent

#5F3FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #269DB9

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

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