#265B81#265B81

#265B81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.084 H 242.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265B81
RGB	rgb(38, 91, 129)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 29.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.89, -4.36, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.89, 26.79, 260.62°)
OKLab	oklab(45.37% -0.0381 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(45.37% 0.084 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5013, 9.4783, 22.1461)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265B81 #814C26

analogous

#268179 #265B81 #262D81

triadic

#265B81 #81265B #5B8126

tetradic

#265B81 #792681 #814C26 #2D8126

square

#265B81 #792681 #814C26 #2D8126

split-complementary

#265B81 #81262D #817926

monochromatic

#0A1822 #183A52 #265B81 #347CB0 #559BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#265B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#265B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265B81

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265B81	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5C83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 91, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.084 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c89a5',
    500: '#265b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265b81;
$custom-light: #6c89a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.055,
    "s": 54.491,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45366,
    "c": 0.08377,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265B81

secondary

#B17A51

accent

#884ADE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #265B81

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

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