#268BA3#268BA3

#268BA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.095 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268BA3
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 163)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 14.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -19.92, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 28.84, 226.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.0754 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.095 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6400, 21.5196, 37.9199)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268BA3 #A33E26

analogous

#26A37D #268BA3 #264DA3

triadic

#268BA3 #A3268B #8BA326

tetradic

#268BA3 #7D26A3 #A33E26 #4DA326

square

#268BA3 #7D26A3 #A33E26 #4DA326

split-complementary

#268BA3 #A3264D #A37D26

monochromatic

#0F3640 #1A6171 #268BA3 #36B3D0 #68C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#268BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#268BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268BA3

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268BA3	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)

#7B87A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.095 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adbe',
    500: '#268ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ba3;
$custom-light: #74adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.52,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59126,
    "c": 0.09526,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268BA3

secondary

#C27563

accent

#6243E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268BA3

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

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