#265D8D#265D8D

#265D8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.097 H 248.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265D8D
RGB	rgb(38, 93, 141)
HSL	hsl(208, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 34%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.13, -1.13, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.13, 31.80, 267.96°)
OKLab	oklab(46.55% -0.0364 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(46.55% 0.097 248)
XYZ	xyz(9.5196, 10.1628, 26.6541)
Luminance	0.1016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265D8D #8D5626

analogous

#268D89 #265D8D #262A8D

triadic

#265D8D #8D265D #5D8D26

tetradic

#265D8D #89268D #8D5626 #2A8D26

square

#265D8D #89268D #8D5626 #2A8D26

split-complementary

#265D8D #8D262A #8D8926

monochromatic

#0C1D2D #193D5D #265D8D #337DBD #5B9BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#265D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#265D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265D8D

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265D8D	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39558C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 93, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.097 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e8aae',
    500: '#265d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265d8d;
$custom-light: #6e8aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.961,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46548,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.10164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265D8D

secondary

#B88457

accent

#8F47E1

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #265D8D

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

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