#266E8B#266E8B

#266E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.083 H 228.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#266E8B
RGB	rgb(38, 110, 139)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.40, -12.12, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.40, 25.43, 241.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% -0.055 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.083 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0336, 13.4268, 26.4312)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#266E8B #8B4326

analogous

#268B76 #266E8B #263B8B

triadic

#266E8B #8B266E #6E8B26

tetradic

#266E8B #76268B #8B4326 #3B8B26

square

#266E8B #76268B #8B4326 #3B8B26

split-complementary

#266E8B #8B263B #8B7626

monochromatic

#0C222B #19485B #266E8B #3394BB #5AAFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#266E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#266E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #266E8B

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##266E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##266E8B	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #266e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 110, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.083 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97ad',
    500: '#266e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #266e8b;
$custom-light: #6e97ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#266e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.228,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50693,
    "c": 0.08335,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#266E8B

secondary

#B77256

accent

#7347E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #266E8B

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

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