#268BA1#268BA1

#268BA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.094 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268BA1
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 161)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, -20.59, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 28.58, 223.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0762 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.094 216)
XYZ	xyz(16.4622, 21.4485, 36.9837)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268BA1 #A13C26

analogous

#26A17A #268BA1 #264EA1

triadic

#268BA1 #A1268B #8BA126

tetradic

#268BA1 #7A26A1 #A13C26 #4EA126

square

#268BA1 #7A26A1 #A13C26 #4EA126

split-complementary

#268BA1 #A1264E #A17A26

monochromatic

#0F363E #1A606F #268BA1 #35B4CF #66C6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#268BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#268BA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268BA1

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268BA1	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)

#7C87A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.094 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adbc',
    500: '#268ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ba1;
$custom-light: #74adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.732,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59039,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.21451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268BA1

secondary

#C17362

accent

#6043E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268BA1

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

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