#265CA6#265CA6

#265CA6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.132 H 257.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265CA6
RGB	rgb(38, 92, 166)
HSL	hsl(215, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(215, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 44.6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.27, 9.11, -44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.27, 45.87, 281.45°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% -0.0292 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.132 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5069, 10.8182, 37.5507)
Luminance	0.1082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265CA6 #A67026

analogous

#269CA6 #265CA6 #3026A6

triadic

#265CA6 #A6265C #5CA626

tetradic

#265CA6 #A6269C #A67026 #26A630

square

#265CA6 #A6269C #A67026 #26A630

split-complementary

#265CA6 #A63026 #9CA626

monochromatic

#0F2542 #1B4074 #265CA6 #3879D1 #6A9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#265CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#265CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265CA6

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265CA6	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3663A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D57A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 92, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.132 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7389c1',
    500: '#265ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265ca6;
$custom-light: #7389c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.688,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47906,
    "c": 0.13205,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265CA6

secondary

#C39B65

accent

#A142E6

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EEF0F7

border

#C9CBD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #265CA6

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

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