#268BAC#268BAC

#268BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.101 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268BAC
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -16.86, -25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 30.56, 236.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0718 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.101 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4753, 21.8537, 42.3189)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268BAC #AC4726

analogous

#26AC8A #268BAC #2648AC

triadic

#268BAC #AC268B #8BAC26

tetradic

#268BAC #8A26AC #AC4726 #48AC26

square

#268BAC #8A26AC #AC4726 #48AC26

split-complementary

#268BAC #AC2648 #AC8A26

monochromatic

#103A48 #1B627A #268BAC #3BAED4 #6EC3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#268BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#268BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268BAC

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268BAC	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.101 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adc4',
    500: '#268bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268bac;
$custom-light: #76adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.776,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59532,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268BAC

secondary

#C57F68

accent

#6A41E7

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268BAC

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

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