#268BAD#268BAD

#268BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.102 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268BAD
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -16.51, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 30.80, 237.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0714 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.102 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5717, 21.8923, 42.8266)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268BAD #AD4826

analogous

#26AD8C #268BAD #2648AD

triadic

#268BAD #AD268B #8BAD26

tetradic

#268BAD #8C26AD #AD4826 #48AD26

square

#268BAD #8C26AD #AD4826 #48AD26

split-complementary

#268BAD #AD2648 #AD8C26

monochromatic

#103A49 #1B637B #268BAD #3CAED4 #6EC3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#268BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#268BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268BAD

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268BAD	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.102 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adc5',
    500: '#268bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268bad;
$custom-light: #76adc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.111,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59578,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268BAD

secondary

#C68069

accent

#6B41E7

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #268BAD

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

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