#266DAD#266DAD

#266DAD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.123 H 249.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#266DAD
RGBrgb(38, 109, 173)
HSLhsl(208, 64%, 41%)
HSVhsv(208, 78%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(78%, 37%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(44.75, 0.98, -40.35)
CIE-LCHlch(44.75, 40.36, 271.40°)
OKLaboklab(52.31% -0.0428 -0.1149)
OKLCHoklch(52.31% 0.123 249.6)
XYZxyz(13.8079, 14.3648, 41.5720)
Luminance0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#266DAD #AD6626
analogous
#26ADAA #266DAD #262AAD
triadic
#266DAD #AD266D #6DAD26
tetradic
#266DAD #AA26AD #AD6626 #2AAD26
square
#266DAD #AA26AD #AD6626 #2AAD26
split-complementary
#266DAD #AD262A #ADAA26
monochromatic
#102E49 #1B4D7B #266DAD #3C8CD4 #6EAADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42
#266DAD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87
#266DAD on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #266DAD
5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##266DAD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##266DAD1.005.423.875.42
#FFFFFF5.421.0021.001.00
#0000003.8721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.421.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4F71B0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3B64AC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007C85
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #266dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 109, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.123 249.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7596c6',
    500: '#266dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #266dad;
$custom-light: #7596c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#266dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.444,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52309,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#266DAD
secondary
#C69569
accent
#9041E7
background
#F7F9FC
surface
#EEF1F8
border
#C9CBD1
text
#0A0D13
muted
#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #266DAD

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#266DAD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva