#265EA8#265EA8

#265EA8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.132 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#265EA8
RGB	rgb(38, 94, 168)
HSL	hsl(214, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(214, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 44%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.99, 8.58, -45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.99, 45.81, 280.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% -0.0305 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.132 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8673, 11.2433, 38.5829)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#265EA8 #A87026

analogous

#269FA8 #265EA8 #2F26A8

triadic

#265EA8 #A8265E #5EA826

tetradic

#265EA8 #A8269F #A87026 #26A82F

square

#265EA8 #A8269F #A87026 #26A82F

split-complementary

#265EA8 #A82F26 #9FA826

monochromatic

#0F2644 #1B4276 #265EA8 #397BD2 #6B9CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#265EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#265EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #265EA8

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##265EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##265EA8	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3965AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2059A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #265ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 94, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.132 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#748bc2',
    500: '#265ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #265ea8;
$custom-light: #748bc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#265ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.154,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48499,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#265EA8

secondary

#C49B66

accent

#9F42E6

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEF0F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#090B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #265EA8

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

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