#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
RGBrgb(38, 139, 168)
HSLhsl(193, 63%, 40%)
HSVhsv(193, 77%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(77.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(53.71, -18.23, -23.44)
CIE-LCHlch(53.71, 29.69, 232.13°)
OKLaboklab(59.35% -0.0733 -0.0656)
OKLCHoklch(59.35% 0.098 221.8)
XYZxyz(17.0969, 21.7024, 40.3261)
Luminance0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##268BA81.003.935.345.34
#FFFFFF3.931.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3421.001.001.00
##0000005.3421.001.001.00

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

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#268BA8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva