#268BA9#268BA9

#268BA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.099 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268BA9
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 17.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -17.89, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 29.89, 233.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% -0.0729 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.099 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1904, 21.7398, 40.8186)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268BA9 #A94426

analogous

#26A985 #268BA9 #264AA9

triadic

#268BA9 #A9268B #8BA926

tetradic

#268BA9 #8526A9 #A94426 #4AA926

square

#268BA9 #8526A9 #A94426 #4AA926

split-complementary

#268BA9 #A9264A #A98526

monochromatic

#103945 #1B6277 #268BA9 #3AB0D3 #6CC4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#268BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#268BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268BA9

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268BA9	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.099 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc2',
    500: '#268ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ba9;
$custom-light: #75adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.74,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59394,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268BA9

secondary

#C47C67

accent

#6741E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268BA9

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

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