#268BA7#268BA7

#268BA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.098 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268BA7
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 167)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, -18.57, -22.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 29.50, 231.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% -0.0737 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.098 221)
XYZ	xyz(17.0041, 21.6653, 39.8374)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268BA7 #A74226

analogous

#26A782 #268BA7 #264BA7

triadic

#268BA7 #A7268B #8BA726

tetradic

#268BA7 #8226A7 #A74226 #4BA726

square

#268BA7 #8226A7 #A74226 #4BA726

split-complementary

#268BA7 #A7264B #A78226

monochromatic

#0F3843 #1B6275 #268BA7 #38B1D2 #6AC4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#268BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#268BA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268BA7

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268BA7	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)

#7A87A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.098 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc1',
    500: '#268ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ba7;
$custom-light: #75adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.023,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59304,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.21667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268BA7

secondary

#C37A65

accent

#6542E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268BA7

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

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