#265E72#265E72

#265E72 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.066 H 224.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265E72
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, -11.56, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 20.37, 235.43°)
OKLab	oklab(45.37% -0.0472 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(45.37% 0.066 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8381, 9.6316, 17.3623)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265E72 #723A26

analogous

#267260 #265E72 #263872

triadic

#265E72 #72265E #5E7226

tetradic

#265E72 #602672 #723A26 #387226

square

#265E72 #602672 #723A26 #387226

split-complementary

#265E72 #722638 #726026

monochromatic

#081317 #173844 #265E72 #3584A0 #4EA5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#265E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#265E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E72

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265E72	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.066 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8b9a',
    500: '#265e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265e72;
$custom-light: #6a8b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45365,
    "c": 0.06648,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265E72

secondary

#A5664F

accent

#734EDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #265E72

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

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