#265B8E#265B8E

#265B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.100 H 250.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265B8E
RGB	rgb(38, 91, 142)
HSL	hsl(209, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(209, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 35.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 0.51, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 33.29, 270.88°)
OKLab	oklab(46.12% -0.034 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(46.12% 0.1 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4211, 9.8462, 26.9899)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265B8E #8E5926

analogous

#268E8D #265B8E #26278E

triadic

#265B8E #8E265B #5B8E26

tetradic

#265B8E #8D268E #8E5926 #278E26

square

#265B8E #8D268E #8E5926 #278E26

split-complementary

#265B8E #8E2627 #8E8D26

monochromatic

#0C1D2D #193C5E #265B8E #337ABE #5B98D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#265B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#265B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265B8E

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265B8E	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35548D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 91, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.100 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e89af',
    500: '#265b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265b8e;
$custom-light: #6e89af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.423,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46119,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265B8E

secondary

#B88758

accent

#9247E1

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #265B8E

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

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