#268AA8#268AA8

#268AA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.099 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268AA8
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -17.69, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 29.74, 233.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% -0.0724 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.099 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9527, 21.4141, 40.2781)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268AA8 #A84426

analogous

#26A885 #268AA8 #2649A8

triadic

#268AA8 #A8268A #8AA826

tetradic

#268AA8 #8526A8 #A84426 #49A826

square

#268AA8 #8526A8 #A84426 #49A826

split-complementary

#268AA8 #A82649 #A88526

monochromatic

#0F3844 #1B6176 #268AA8 #39AFD2 #6BC3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#268AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#268AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268AA8

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268AA8	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7987AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.099 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acc2',
    500: '#268aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268aa8;
$custom-light: #75acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.591,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268AA8

secondary

#C47C66

accent

#6842E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268AA8

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

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