#269EB9#269EB9

#269EB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.107 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269EB9
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 185)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -22.56, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 32.30, 225.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0852 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.107 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7794, 28.3659, 50.2168)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269EB9 #B94126

analogous

#26B98A #269EB9 #2655B9

triadic

#269EB9 #B9269E #9EB926

tetradic

#269EB9 #8A26B9 #B94126 #55B926

square

#269EB9 #8A26B9 #B94126 #55B926

split-complementary

#269EB9 #B92655 #B98A26

monochromatic

#114753 #1C7386 #269EB9 #44BDD9 #76CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#269EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#269EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269EB9

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269EB9	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C99BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.107 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbce',
    500: '#269eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269eb9;
$custom-light: #79bbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.02,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.648,
    "c": 0.10689,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269EB9

secondary

#CA8170

accent

#5E3FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #269EB9

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

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