#268BA6#268BA6

#268BA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.097 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268BA6
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 166)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, -18.91, -22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 29.32, 229.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0741 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.097 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9120, 21.6284, 39.3524)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268BA6 #A64126

analogous

#26A681 #268BA6 #264BA6

triadic

#268BA6 #A6268B #8BA626

tetradic

#268BA6 #8126A6 #A64126 #4BA626

square

#268BA6 #8126A6 #A64126 #4BA626

split-complementary

#268BA6 #A6264B #A68126

monochromatic

#0F3842 #1B6174 #268BA6 #38B1D1 #6AC5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#268BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#268BA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268BA6

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268BA6	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.097 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc0',
    500: '#268ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ba6;
$custom-light: #75adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.656,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59259,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268BA6

secondary

#C37965

accent

#6542E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268BA6

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

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