#266D8A#266D8A

#266D8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.083 H 229.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#266D8A
RGB	rgb(38, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.04, -11.90, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.04, 25.28, 241.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% -0.0543 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.083 229)
XYZ	xyz(10.8536, 13.1831, 26.0124)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#266D8A #8A4326

analogous

#268A75 #266D8A #263B8A

triadic

#266D8A #8A266D #6D8A26

tetradic

#266D8A #75268A #8A4326 #3B8A26

square

#266D8A #75268A #8A4326 #3B8A26

split-complementary

#266D8A #8A263B #8A7526

monochromatic

#0C212A #19475A #266D8A #3393BA #59AED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#266D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#266D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #266D8A

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##266D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##266D8A	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50618A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #266d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.083 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96ac',
    500: '#266d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #266d8a;
$custom-light: #6e96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#266d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.4,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5039,
    "c": 0.08282,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.13184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#266D8A

secondary

#B67256

accent

#7448E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #266D8A

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

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