#265EA6#265EA6

#265EA6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.130 H 256.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265EA6
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 166)
HSL	hsl(214, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(214, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 43.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.86, 7.81, -44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.86, 44.70, 280.06°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% -0.031 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.13 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6824, 11.1693, 37.6092)
Luminance	0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265EA6 #A66E26

analogous

#269EA6 #265EA6 #2E26A6

triadic

#265EA6 #A6265E #5EA626

tetradic

#265EA6 #A6269E #A66E26 #26A62E

square

#265EA6 #A6269E #A66E26 #26A62E

split-complementary

#265EA6 #A62E26 #9EA626

monochromatic

#0F2642 #1B4274 #265EA6 #387BD1 #6A9CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#265EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#265EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265EA6

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265EA6	1.00	6.49	3.23	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A64A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2359A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.130 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#738bc1',
    500: '#265ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265ea6;
$custom-light: #738bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48364,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265EA6

secondary

#C39A65

accent

#9E42E6

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EEF0F7

border

#C9CBD0

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #265EA6

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

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