#265E9D#265E9D

#265E9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.117 H 253.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265E9D
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 157)
HSL	hsl(212, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(212, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 40.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.33, 4.33, -39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.33, 39.74, 276.26°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% -0.033 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.117 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8856, 10.8506, 33.4124)
Luminance	0.1085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265E9D #9D6526

analogous

#26999D #265E9D #29269D

triadic

#265E9D #9D265E #5E9D26

tetradic

#265E9D #9D2699 #9D6526 #269D29

square

#265E9D #9D2699 #9D6526 #269D29

split-complementary

#265E9D #9D2926 #999D26

monochromatic

#0E233A #1A406C #265E9D #337CCE #649BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#265E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#265E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265E9D

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265E9D	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4063A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D589C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.117 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#718bba',
    500: '#265e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265e9d;
$custom-light: #718bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.765,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47773,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265E9D

secondary

#BF9260

accent

#9944E4

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #265E9D

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

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