#266E8A#266E8A

#266E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.082 H 227.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#266E8A
RGB	rgb(38, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.36, -12.47, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.36, 25.13, 240.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.64% -0.0554 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(50.64% 0.082 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9609, 13.3977, 26.0482)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#266E8A #8A4226

analogous

#268A74 #266E8A #263C8A

triadic

#266E8A #8A266E #6E8A26

tetradic

#266E8A #74268A #8A4226 #3C8A26

square

#266E8A #74268A #8A4226 #3C8A26

split-complementary

#266E8A #8A263C #8A7426

monochromatic

#0C222A #19485A #266E8A #3394BA #59B0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#266E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#266E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #266E8A

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##266E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##266E8A	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52628A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #266e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.082 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97ac',
    500: '#266e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #266e8a;
$custom-light: #6e97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#266e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50644,
    "c": 0.08248,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#266E8A

secondary

#B67156

accent

#7248E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #266E8A

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

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