#265C72#265C72

#265C72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.067 H 227.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265C72
RGB	rgb(38, 92, 114)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, -10.38, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 20.59, 239.73°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% -0.0449 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.067 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6625, 9.2805, 17.3038)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265C72 #723C26

analogous

#267262 #265C72 #263672

triadic

#265C72 #72265C #5C7226

tetradic

#265C72 #622672 #723C26 #367226

square

#265C72 #622672 #723C26 #367226

split-complementary

#265C72 #722636 #726226

monochromatic

#081317 #173744 #265C72 #3581A0 #4EA2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#265C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#265C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265C72

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265C72	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 92, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.067 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698a9a',
    500: '#265c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265c72;
$custom-light: #698a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.368,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44843,
    "c": 0.06695,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265C72

secondary

#A5684F

accent

#774EDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #265C72

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

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