#265A8A#265A8A

#265A8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.096 H 249.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265A8A
RGB	rgb(38, 90, 138)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(209, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 34.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.04, -0.37, -31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.04, 31.69, 269.33°)
OKLab	oklab(45.64% -0.0342 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(45.64% 0.096 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0412, 9.5584, 25.4083)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265A8A #8A5626

analogous

#268A88 #265A8A #26288A

triadic

#265A8A #8A265A #5A8A26

tetradic

#265A8A #88268A #8A5626 #288A26

square

#265A8A #88268A #8A5626 #288A26

split-complementary

#265A8A #8A2628 #8A8826

monochromatic

#0C1B2A #193B5A #265A8A #3379BA #5998D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#265A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#265A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265A8A

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265A8A	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00656B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 90, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.096 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d88ac',
    500: '#265a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265a8a;
$custom-light: #6d88ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.8,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45635,
    "c": 0.09619,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265A8A

secondary

#B68456

accent

#9148E0

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #265A8A

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

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