#265E9C#265E9C

#265E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.116 H 253.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265E9C
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 156)
HSL	hsl(212, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(212, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 39.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.27, 3.95, -39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.27, 39.20, 275.78°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% -0.0333 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.116 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8005, 10.8166, 32.9646)
Luminance	0.1082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265E9C #9C6426

analogous

#26999C #265E9C #29269C

triadic

#265E9C #9C265E #5E9C26

tetradic

#265E9C #9C2699 #9C6426 #269C29

square

#265E9C #9C2699 #9C6426 #269C29

split-complementary

#265E9C #9C2926 #999C26

monochromatic

#0E233A #1A406B #265E9C #327CCD #639BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#265E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#265E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E9C

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265E9C	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41629E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E589B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.116 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#718bb9',
    500: '#265e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265e9c;
$custom-light: #718bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.525,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47709,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265E9C

secondary

#BF915F

accent

#9844E4

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #265E9C

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

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