#269AC9#269AC9

#269AC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.120 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269AC9
RGB	rgb(38, 154, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -14.99, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 36.23, 245.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0753 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.12 231)
XYZ	xyz(22.8932, 27.7375, 59.3943)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269AC9 #C95526

analogous

#26C9A7 #269AC9 #2648C9

triadic

#269AC9 #C9269A #9AC926

tetradic

#269AC9 #A726C9 #C95526 #48C926

square

#269AC9 #A726C9 #C95526 #48C926

split-complementary

#269AC9 #C92648 #C9A726

monochromatic

#134B62 #1C7396 #269AC9 #4FB4DE #82CAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#269AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#269AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269AC9

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269AC9	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8298CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D89C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 154, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.120 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7d9',
    500: '#269ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269ac9;
$custom-light: #7cb7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.301,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64558,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.2774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269AC9

secondary

#D0937B

accent

#6F3DEB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #269AC9

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

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