#266E8E#266E8E

#266E8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.086 H 231.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#266E8E
RGB	rgb(38, 110, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.53, -11.06, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.53, 26.37, 245.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% -0.0538 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.086 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2558, 13.5156, 27.6015)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#266E8E #8E4626

analogous

#268E7A #266E8E #263A8E

triadic

#266E8E #8E266E #6E8E26

tetradic

#266E8E #7A268E #8E4626 #3A8E26

square

#266E8E #7A268E #8E4626 #3A8E26

split-complementary

#266E8E #8E263A #8E7A26

monochromatic

#0C232D #19495E #266E8E #3393BE #5BAED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#266E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#266E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #266E8E

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##266E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##266E8E	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50628E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #266e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 110, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.086 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f97af',
    500: '#266e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #266e8e;
$custom-light: #6f97af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#266e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50841,
    "c": 0.08612,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#266E8E

secondary

#B87558

accent

#7647E1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #266E8E

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

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