#265E78#265E78

#265E78 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.072 H 231.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#265E78
RGBrgb(38, 94, 120)
HSLhsl(199, 52%, 31%)
HSVhsv(199, 68%, 47%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LABlab(37.43, -9.46, -20.07)
CIE-LCHlch(37.43, 22.19, 244.77°)
OKLaboklab(45.66% -0.0448 -0.0562)
OKLCHoklch(45.66% 0.072 231.5)
XYZxyz(8.1909, 9.7727, 19.2203)
Luminance0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#265E78 #784026
analogous
#267869 #265E78 #263578
triadic
#265E78 #78265E #5E7826
tetradic
#265E78 #692678 #784026 #357826
square
#265E78 #692678 #784026 #357826
split-complementary
#265E78 #782635 #786926
monochromatic
#09151B #173A4A #265E78 #3582A6 #51A2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11
#265E78 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95
#265E78 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E78
7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##265E78#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##265E781.007.112.957.11
#FFFFFF7.111.0021.001.00
#0000002.9521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.111.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#515D79
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#465478
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006567
Achromatopsia (no color)
#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #265e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.072 231.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8b9f',
    500: '#265e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #265e78;
$custom-light: #6a8b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#265e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.024,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45657,
    "c": 0.07187,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#265E78
secondary
#AA6C50
accent
#7A4CDB
background
#F6F8F9
surface
#ECF0F2
border
#C7CBCC
text
#070C0E
muted
#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

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#265E78 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva