#269DC9#269DC9

#269DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.118 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269DC9
RGB	rgb(38, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, -16.61, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 35.69, 242.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0781 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.118 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3946, 28.7401, 59.5614)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269DC9 #C95226

analogous

#26C9A4 #269DC9 #264CC9

triadic

#269DC9 #C9269D #9DC926

tetradic

#269DC9 #A426C9 #C95226 #4CC926

square

#269DC9 #A426C9 #C95226 #4CC926

split-complementary

#269DC9 #C9264C #C9A426

monochromatic

#134D62 #1C7596 #269DC9 #4FB7DE #82CCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#269DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#269DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269DC9

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269DC9	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.118 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad9',
    500: '#269dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269dc9;
$custom-light: #7cbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.196,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65278,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269DC9

secondary

#D0927B

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #269DC9

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

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