#265E8C#265E8C

#265E8C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.095 H 246.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265E8C
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 140)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(207, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 32.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.39, -2.14, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.39, 30.84, 266.03°)
OKLab	oklab(46.74% -0.0377 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(46.74% 0.095 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5339, 10.3099, 26.2934)
Luminance	0.1031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265E8C #8C5426

analogous

#268C87 #265E8C #262B8C

triadic

#265E8C #8C265E #5E8C26

tetradic

#265E8C #87268C #8C5426 #2B8C26

square

#265E8C #87268C #8C5426 #2B8C26

split-complementary

#265E8C #8C262B #8C8726

monochromatic

#0C1D2C #193E5C #265E8C #337EBC #5A9CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#265E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#265E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E8C

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265E8C	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49608E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B568B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.095 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e8bae',
    500: '#265e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265e8c;
$custom-light: #6e8bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.059,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46735,
    "c": 0.09498,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265E8C

secondary

#B78257

accent

#8C47E1

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #265E8C

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

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