#268BB3#268BB3

#268BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.107 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268BB3
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, -14.42, -29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 32.43, 243.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0692 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.107 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1653, 22.1298, 45.9532)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268BB3 #B34E26

analogous

#26B394 #268BB3 #2645B3

triadic

#268BB3 #B3268B #8BB326

tetradic

#268BB3 #9426B3 #B34E26 #45B326

square

#268BB3 #9426B3 #B34E26 #45B326

split-complementary

#268BB3 #B32645 #B39426

monochromatic

#113D4E #1B6481 #268BB3 #40ACD6 #72C2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#268BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#268BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268BB3

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268BB3	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7689B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.107 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adca',
    500: '#268bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268bb3;
$custom-light: #77adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.021,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59863,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268BB3

secondary

#C8876D

accent

#7040E8

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #268BB3

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

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