#265A9C#265A9C

#265A9C is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.121 H 255.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265A9C
RGB	rgb(38, 90, 156)
HSL	hsl(214, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(214, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 42.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.06, 6.53, -40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.06, 41.44, 279.07°)
OKLab	oklab(46.77% -0.0295 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(46.77% 0.121 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4540, 10.1235, 32.8491)
Luminance	0.1013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265A9C #9C6826

analogous

#26959C #265A9C #2D269C

triadic

#265A9C #9C265A #5A9C26

tetradic

#265A9C #9C2695 #9C6826 #269C2D

square

#265A9C #9C2695 #9C6826 #269C2D

split-complementary

#265A9C #9C2D26 #959C26

monochromatic

#0E213A #1A3E6B #265A9C #3276CD #6397D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#265A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#265A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265A9C

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265A9C	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A5F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26559B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 90, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.121 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7188b9',
    500: '#265a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265a9c;
$custom-light: #7188b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.559,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4677,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265A9C

secondary

#BF955F

accent

#9D44E4

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #265A9C

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

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