#268AB1#268AB1

#268AB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.106 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268AB1
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 177)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 22%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -14.57, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 32.02, 242.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% -0.0689 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.106 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8204, 21.7612, 44.8476)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268AB1 #B14D26

analogous

#26B193 #268AB1 #2644B1

triadic

#268AB1 #B1268A #8AB126

tetradic

#268AB1 #9326B1 #B14D26 #44B126

square

#268AB1 #9326B1 #B14D26 #44B126

split-complementary

#268AB1 #B12644 #B19326

monochromatic

#103B4C #1B637F #268AB1 #3FABD6 #71C1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#268AB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#268AB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268AB1

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268AB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268AB1	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7688B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.106 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acc8',
    500: '#268ab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ab1;
$custom-light: #77acc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.835,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59522,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268AB1

secondary

#C7856B

accent

#6F40E8

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #268AB1

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

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