#266C8B#266C8B

#266C8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.084 H 231.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#266C8B
RGB	rgb(38, 108, 139)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, -10.96, -23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 25.78, 244.83°)
OKLab	oklab(50.19% -0.0528 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(50.19% 0.084 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8202, 13.0001, 26.3601)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#266C8B #8B4526

analogous

#268B78 #266C8B #263A8B

triadic

#266C8B #8B266C #6C8B26

tetradic

#266C8B #78268B #8B4526 #3A8B26

square

#266C8B #78268B #8B4526 #3A8B26

split-complementary

#266C8B #8B263A #8B7826

monochromatic

#0C212B #19475B #266C8B #3391BB #5AADD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#266C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#266C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #266C8B

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##266C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##266C8B	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F618B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #266c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 108, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.084 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96ad',
    500: '#266c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #266c8b;
$custom-light: #6e96ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#266c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.416,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50185,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#266C8B

secondary

#B77456

accent

#7647E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #266C8B

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

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