#265E8E#265E8E

#265E8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.098 H 247.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265E8E
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 142)
HSL	hsl(208, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 33.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.50, -1.38, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.50, 31.84, 267.51°)
OKLab	oklab(46.85% -0.0371 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(46.85% 0.098 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6827, 10.3694, 27.0771)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265E8E #8E5626

analogous

#268E8A #265E8E #262A8E

triadic

#265E8E #8E265E #5E8E26

tetradic

#265E8E #8A268E #8E5626 #2A8E26

square

#265E8E #8A268E #8E5626 #2A8E26

split-complementary

#265E8E #8E262A #8E8A26

monochromatic

#0C1E2D #193E5E #265E8E #337EBE #5B9CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#265E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#265E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E8E

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265E8E	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#486090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A568D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.098 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e8baf',
    500: '#265e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265e8e;
$custom-light: #6e8baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46852,
    "c": 0.09755,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265E8E

secondary

#B88458

accent

#8E47E1

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #265E8E

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

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