#268BA5#268BA5

#268BA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.096 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268BA5
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 165)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 15.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -19.24, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 29.15, 228.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0745 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.096 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8206, 21.5919, 38.8712)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268BA5 #A54026

analogous

#26A57F #268BA5 #264CA5

triadic

#268BA5 #A5268B #8BA526

tetradic

#268BA5 #7F26A5 #A54026 #4CA526

square

#268BA5 #7F26A5 #A54026 #4CA526

split-complementary

#268BA5 #A5264C #A57F26

monochromatic

#0F3742 #1B6173 #268BA5 #37B2D1 #69C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#268BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#268BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268BA5

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268BA5	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.096 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adbf',
    500: '#268ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ba5;
$custom-light: #75adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.283,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59214,
    "c": 0.09646,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268BA5

secondary

#C37864

accent

#6442E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268BA5

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

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