#268497#268497

#268497 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.089 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268497
RGB	rgb(38, 132, 151)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(190, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, -20.20, -17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 27.04, 221.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% -0.0732 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.089 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6341, 19.1472, 32.1967)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268497 #973926

analogous

#269771 #268497 #264C97

triadic

#268497 #972684 #849726

tetradic

#268497 #712697 #973926 #4C9726

square

#268497 #712697 #973926 #4C9726

split-complementary

#268497 #97264C #977126

monochromatic

#0D2F35 #1A5966 #268497 #32AFC8 #60C3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#268497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#268497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268497

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268497	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 132, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.089 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a8b5',
    500: '#268497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268497;
$custom-light: #72a8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.088,
    "s": 59.788,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56838,
    "c": 0.08869,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268497

secondary

#BC6D5C

accent

#5F45E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268497

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

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