#269CC9#269CC9

#269CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.119 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269CC9
RGB	rgb(38, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -16.07, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 35.85, 243.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.0772 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.119 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2261, 28.4031, 59.5052)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269CC9 #C95326

analogous

#26C9A4 #269CC9 #264BC9

triadic

#269CC9 #C9269C #9CC926

tetradic

#269CC9 #A426C9 #C95326 #4BC926

square

#269CC9 #A426C9 #C95326 #4BC926

split-complementary

#269CC9 #C9264B #C9A426

monochromatic

#134C62 #1C7496 #269CC9 #4FB6DE #82CBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#269CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#269CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269CC9

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269CC9	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.119 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9d9',
    500: '#269cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269cc9;
$custom-light: #7cb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.564,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65038,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269CC9

secondary

#D0927B

accent

#6D3DEB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #269CC9

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

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