#268BA8#268BA8

#268BA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.098 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268BA8
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -18.23, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 29.69, 232.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% -0.0733 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.098 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0969, 21.7024, 40.3261)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268BA8 #A84326

analogous

#26A884 #268BA8 #264AA8

triadic

#268BA8 #A8268B #8BA826

tetradic

#268BA8 #8426A8 #A84326 #4AA826

square

#268BA8 #8426A8 #A84326 #4AA826

split-complementary

#268BA8 #A8264A #A88426

monochromatic

#0F3844 #1B6276 #268BA8 #39B0D2 #6BC4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#268BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#268BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268BA8

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268BA8	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A87AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.098 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc2',
    500: '#268ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ba8;
$custom-light: #75adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.385,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59349,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268BA8

secondary

#C47B66

accent

#6642E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268BA8

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

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