#266E8D#266E8D

#266E8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.085 H 230.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#266E8D
RGB	rgb(38, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.49, -11.41, -23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.49, 26.04, 244.01°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% -0.0542 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.085 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1810, 13.4857, 27.2079)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#266E8D #8D4526

analogous

#268D78 #266E8D #263B8D

triadic

#266E8D #8D266E #6E8D26

tetradic

#266E8D #78268D #8D4526 #3B8D26

square

#266E8D #78268D #8D4526 #3B8D26

split-complementary

#266E8D #8D263B #8D7826

monochromatic

#0C232D #19485D #266E8D #3394BD #5BAFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#266E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#266E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #266E8D

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##266E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##266E8D	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50628D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #266e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.085 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f97ae',
    500: '#266e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #266e8d;
$custom-light: #6f97ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#266e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.058,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50791,
    "c": 0.08518,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#266E8D

secondary

#B87457

accent

#7547E1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #266E8D

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

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