#268BA2#268BA2

#268BA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.095 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268BA2
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 162)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -20.25, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 28.71, 225.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0758 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.095 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5508, 21.4839, 37.4499)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268BA2 #A23D26

analogous

#26A27B #268BA2 #264DA2

triadic

#268BA2 #A2268B #8BA226

tetradic

#268BA2 #7B26A2 #A23D26 #4DA226

square

#268BA2 #7B26A2 #A23D26 #4DA226

split-complementary

#268BA2 #A2264D #A27B26

monochromatic

#0F363F #1A6070 #268BA2 #35B3D0 #67C6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#268BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#268BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268BA2

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268BA2	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.095 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adbd',
    500: '#268ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ba2;
$custom-light: #74adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.129,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59082,
    "c": 0.0947,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268BA2

secondary

#C17463

accent

#6143E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268BA2

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

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