#265B9C#265B9C

#265B9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.119 H 255.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265B9C
RGB	rgb(38, 91, 156)
HSL	hsl(213, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(213, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 41.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.36, 5.88, -40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.36, 40.87, 278.27°)
OKLab	oklab(47% -0.0304 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(47% 0.119 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5389, 10.2934, 32.8774)
Luminance	0.1029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265B9C #9C6726

analogous

#26969C #265B9C #2C269C

triadic

#265B9C #9C265B #5B9C26

tetradic

#265B9C #9C2696 #9C6726 #269C2C

square

#265B9C #9C2696 #9C6726 #269C2C

split-complementary

#265B9C #9C2C26 #969C26

monochromatic

#0E223A #1A3E6B #265B9C #3278CD #6398D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#265B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#265B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265B9C

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265B9C	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C609F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28559B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 91, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.119 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7188b9',
    500: '#265b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265b9c;
$custom-light: #7188b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.051,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47003,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265B9C

secondary

#BF945F

accent

#9C44E4

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#090B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #265B9C

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

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