#268AB3#268AB3

#268AB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.107 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268AB3
RGB	rgb(38, 138, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -13.87, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 32.62, 244.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0682 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.107 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0212, 21.8415, 45.9051)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268AB3 #B34F26

analogous

#26B396 #268AB3 #2643B3

triadic

#268AB3 #B3268A #8AB326

tetradic

#268AB3 #9626B3 #B34F26 #43B326

square

#268AB3 #9626B3 #B34F26 #43B326

split-complementary

#268AB3 #B32643 #B39626

monochromatic

#113C4E #1B6381 #268AB3 #40ABD6 #72C1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#268AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#268AB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268AB3

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268AB3	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7588B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 138, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.107 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acca',
    500: '#268ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ab3;
$custom-light: #77acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.447,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59619,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268AB3

secondary

#C8876D

accent

#7140E8

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #268AB3

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

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