#265E8A#265E8A

#265E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.092 H 245.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265E8A
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 138)
HSL	hsl(206, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(206, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.29, -2.88, -29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.29, 29.85, 264.45°)
OKLab	oklab(46.62% -0.0384 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(46.62% 0.092 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3877, 10.2514, 25.5238)
Luminance	0.1025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265E8A #8A5226

analogous

#268A84 #265E8A #262C8A

triadic

#265E8A #8A265E #5E8A26

tetradic

#265E8A #84268A #8A5226 #2C8A26

square

#265E8A #84268A #8A5226 #2C8A26

split-complementary

#265E8A #8A262C #8A8426

monochromatic

#0C1D2A #193D5A #265E8A #337FBA #599CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#265E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#265E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E8A

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265E8A	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.092 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8bac',
    500: '#265e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265e8a;
$custom-light: #6d8bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.4,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4662,
    "c": 0.09244,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265E8A

secondary

#B68056

accent

#8B48E0

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #265E8A

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

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