#268AA9#268AA9

#268AA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.099 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268AA9
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, -17.34, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 29.96, 234.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.072 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.099 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0463, 21.4515, 40.7706)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268AA9 #A94526

analogous

#26A986 #268AA9 #2649A9

triadic

#268AA9 #A9268A #8AA926

tetradic

#268AA9 #8626A9 #A94526 #49A926

square

#268AA9 #8626A9 #A94526 #49A926

split-complementary

#268AA9 #A92649 #A98626

monochromatic

#103845 #1B6177 #268AA9 #3AAED3 #6CC3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#268AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#268AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268AA9

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268AA9	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.099 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acc2',
    500: '#268aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268aa9;
$custom-light: #75acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.198,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59146,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268AA9

secondary

#C47D67

accent

#6841E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268AA9

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

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