#265BA5#265BA5

#265BA5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.132 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#265BA5
RGBrgb(38, 91, 165)
HSLhsl(215, 63%, 40%)
HSVhsv(215, 77%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(77%, 44.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(38.91, 9.37, -44.94)
CIE-LCHlch(38.91, 45.90, 281.78°)
OKLaboklab(47.61% -0.0285 -0.1287)
OKLCHoklch(47.61% 0.132 257.5)
XYZxyz(11.3295, 10.6096, 37.0408)
Luminance0.1061 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#265BA5 #A57026
analogous
#269AA5 #265BA5 #3126A5
triadic
#265BA5 #A5265B #5BA526
tetradic
#265BA5 #A5269A #A57026 #26A531
square
#265BA5 #A5269A #A57026 #26A531
split-complementary
#265BA5 #A53126 #9AA526
monochromatic
#0F2442 #1B4073 #265BA5 #3777D1 #6999DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73
#265BA5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12
#265BA5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265BA5
6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##265BA5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##265BA51.006.733.126.73
#FFFFFF6.731.0021.001.00
#0000003.1221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.731.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3562A8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1C56A4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006C78
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #265ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 91, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.132 257.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7388c0',
    500: '#265ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #265ba5;
$custom-light: #7388c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#265ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.961,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47609,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#265BA5
secondary
#C39B64
accent
#A142E6
background
#F7F8FB
surface
#EDEFF7
border
#C8CAD0
text
#090B12
muted
#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #265BA5

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#265BA5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva