#265E8B#265E8B

#265E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.094 H 246.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265E8B
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 139)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(207, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 32.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.34, -2.51, -30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.34, 30.34, 265.25°)
OKLab	oklab(46.68% -0.038 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(46.68% 0.094 246)
XYZ	xyz(9.4605, 10.2805, 25.9068)
Luminance	0.1028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265E8B #8B5326

analogous

#268B86 #265E8B #262B8B

triadic

#265E8B #8B265E #5E8B26

tetradic

#265E8B #86268B #8B5326 #2B8B26

square

#265E8B #86268B #8B5326 #2B8B26

split-complementary

#265E8B #8B262B #8B8626

monochromatic

#0C1D2B #193D5B #265E8B #337FBB #5A9CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#265E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#265E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E8B

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265E8B	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A608D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C568A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.094 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e8bad',
    500: '#265e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265e8b;
$custom-light: #6e8bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.733,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46678,
    "c": 0.0937,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.10282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265E8B

secondary

#B78156

accent

#8C47E0

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #265E8B

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

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