#268AA6#268AA6

#268AA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.097 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268AA6
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 166)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 16.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, -18.37, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 29.35, 231.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0732 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.097 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7679, 21.3402, 39.3043)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268AA6 #A64226

analogous

#26A682 #268AA6 #264AA6

triadic

#268AA6 #A6268A #8AA626

tetradic

#268AA6 #8226A6 #A64226 #4AA626

square

#268AA6 #8226A6 #A64226 #4AA626

split-complementary

#268AA6 #A6264A #A68226

monochromatic

#0F3742 #1B6174 #268AA6 #38B0D1 #6AC4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#268AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#268AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268AA6

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268AA6	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7986A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.097 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acc0',
    500: '#268aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268aa6;
$custom-light: #75acc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59009,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268AA6

secondary

#C37965

accent

#6642E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268AA6

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

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