#265B8A#265B8A

#265B8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.095 H 248.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265B8A
RGB	rgb(38, 91, 138)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, -1.00, -31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 31.21, 268.16°)
OKLab	oklab(45.88% -0.0352 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(45.88% 0.095 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1261, 9.7282, 25.4366)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265B8A #8A5526

analogous

#268A87 #265B8A #26298A

triadic

#265B8A #8A265B #5B8A26

tetradic

#265B8A #87268A #8A5526 #298A26

square

#265B8A #87268A #8A5526 #298A26

split-complementary

#265B8A #8A2629 #8A8726

monochromatic

#0C1C2A #193B5A #265B8A #337BBA #5999D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#265B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#265B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265B8A

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265B8A	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 91, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.095 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d89ac',
    500: '#265b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265b8a;
$custom-light: #6d89ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.2,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4588,
    "c": 0.09521,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265B8A

secondary

#B68356

accent

#8F48E0

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #265B8A

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

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