#265D8E#265D8E

#265D8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.099 H 248.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265D8E
RGB	rgb(38, 93, 142)
HSL	hsl(208, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 34.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.19, -0.75, -32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.19, 32.31, 268.66°)
OKLab	oklab(46.61% -0.0361 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(46.61% 0.099 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5943, 10.1927, 27.0477)
Luminance	0.1019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265D8E #8E5726

analogous

#268E8B #265D8E #26298E

triadic

#265D8E #8E265D #5D8E26

tetradic

#265D8E #8B268E #8E5726 #298E26

square

#265D8E #8B268E #8E5726 #298E26

split-complementary

#265D8E #8E2629 #8E8B26

monochromatic

#0C1E2D #193D5E #265D8E #337DBE #5B9BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#265D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#265D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265D8E

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265D8E	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38558D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 93, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.099 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e8aaf',
    500: '#265d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265d8e;
$custom-light: #6e8aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.269,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46607,
    "c": 0.09851,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265D8E

secondary

#B88558

accent

#8F47E1

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #265D8E

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

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