#266D8D#266D8D

#266D8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.086 H 231.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#266D8D
RGB	rgb(38, 109, 141)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 22.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, -10.83, -23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 26.24, 245.62°)
OKLab	oklab(50.54% -0.0531 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(50.54% 0.086 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0738, 13.2712, 27.1721)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#266D8D #8D4626

analogous

#268D7A #266D8D #26398D

triadic

#266D8D #8D266D #6D8D26

tetradic

#266D8D #7A268D #8D4626 #398D26

square

#266D8D #7A268D #8D4626 #398D26

split-complementary

#266D8D #8D2639 #8D7A26

monochromatic

#0C222D #19485D #266D8D #3392BD #5BADD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#266D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#266D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #266D8D

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##266D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##266D8D	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F628D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #266d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 109, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.086 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f96ae',
    500: '#266d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #266d8d;
$custom-light: #6f96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#266d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.641,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50538,
    "c": 0.08562,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#266D8D

secondary

#B87557

accent

#7747E1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #266D8D

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

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