#268AA5#268AA5

#268AA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.097 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268AA5
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 16.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, -18.71, -22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 29.16, 230.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0735 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.097 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6765, 21.3036, 38.8231)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268AA5 #A54126

analogous

#26A581 #268AA5 #264AA5

triadic

#268AA5 #A5268A #8AA526

tetradic

#268AA5 #8126A5 #A54126 #4AA526

square

#268AA5 #8126A5 #A54126 #4AA526

split-complementary

#268AA5 #A5264A #A58126

monochromatic

#0F3742 #1B6073 #268AA5 #37B0D1 #69C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#268AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#268AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268AA5

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268AA5	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A86A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.097 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acbf',
    500: '#268aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268aa5;
$custom-light: #75acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.756,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58964,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268AA5

secondary

#C37864

accent

#6542E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268AA5

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

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