#269BC9#269BC9

#269BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.119 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269BC9
RGB	rgb(38, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -15.53, -32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 36.03, 244.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0763 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.119 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0590, 28.0689, 59.4495)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269BC9 #C95426

analogous

#26C9A6 #269BC9 #2649C9

triadic

#269BC9 #C9269B #9BC926

tetradic

#269BC9 #A626C9 #C95426 #49C926

square

#269BC9 #A626C9 #C95426 #49C926

split-complementary

#269BC9 #C92649 #C9A626

monochromatic

#134C62 #1C7396 #269BC9 #4FB5DE #82CBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#269BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#269BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269BC9

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269BC9	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	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)

#8399CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.119 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb8d9',
    500: '#269bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269bc9;
$custom-light: #7cb8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.933,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64798,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269BC9

secondary

#D0937B

accent

#6E3DEB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #269BC9

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

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