#265A9D#265A9D

#265A9D is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.122 H 256.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265A9D
RGB	rgb(38, 90, 157)
HSL	hsl(214, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(214, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 42.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.12, 6.92, -41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.12, 42.00, 279.48°)
OKLab	oklab(46.84% -0.0293 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(46.84% 0.122 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5391, 10.1575, 33.2969)
Luminance	0.1016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265A9D #9D6926

analogous

#26959D #265A9D #2E269D

triadic

#265A9D #9D265A #5A9D26

tetradic

#265A9D #9D2695 #9D6926 #269D2E

square

#265A9D #9D2695 #9D6926 #269D2E

split-complementary

#265A9D #9D2E26 #959D26

monochromatic

#0E223A #1A3E6C #265A9D #3376CE #6497D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#265A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#265A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265A9D

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265A9D	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3960A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25559C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 90, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.122 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7188ba',
    500: '#265a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265a9d;
$custom-light: #7188ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.782,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46836,
    "c": 0.12202,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265A9D

secondary

#BF9560

accent

#9E44E4

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #265A9D

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

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