#266D9D#266D9D

#266D9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.103 H 242.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#266D9D
RGB	rgb(38, 109, 157)
HSL	hsl(204, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 30.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, -5.01, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 32.63, 261.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.38% -0.0475 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(51.38% 0.103 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.3514, 13.7822, 33.9010)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#266D9D #9D5626

analogous

#269D91 #266D9D #26319D

triadic

#266D9D #9D266D #6D9D26

tetradic

#266D9D #91269D #9D5626 #319D26

square

#266D9D #91269D #9D5626 #319D26

split-complementary

#266D9D #9D2631 #9D9126

monochromatic

#0E293A #1A4B6C #266D9D #338FCE #64AAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#266D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#266D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #266D9D

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##266D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##266D9D	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46639C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #266d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 109, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.103 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7196ba',
    500: '#266d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #266d9d;
$custom-light: #7196ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#266d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.202,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5138,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#266D9D

secondary

#BF8660

accent

#8444E4

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #266D9D

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

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