#269EC9#269EC9

#269EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.118 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#269EC9
RGB	rgb(38, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -17.15, -31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 35.53, 241.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.079 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.118 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5644, 29.0799, 59.6180)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#269EC9 #C95126

analogous

#26C9A3 #269EC9 #264DC9

triadic

#269EC9 #C9269E #9EC926

tetradic

#269EC9 #A326C9 #C95126 #4DC926

square

#269EC9 #A326C9 #C95126 #4DC926

split-complementary

#269EC9 #C9264D #C9A326

monochromatic

#134D62 #1C7696 #269EC9 #4FB8DE #82CDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#269EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#269EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #269EC9

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##269EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##269EC9	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #269ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.118 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad9',
    500: '#269ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #269ec9;
$custom-light: #7cbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#269ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.828,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65519,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#269EC9

secondary

#D0917B

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #269EC9

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

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