#268BC7#268BC7

#268BC7 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.127 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268BC7
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(202, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(202, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -7.28, -39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 39.69, 259.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0623 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.127 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3367, 22.9983, 57.3890)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268BC7 #C76226

analogous

#26C7B3 #268BC7 #263BC7

triadic

#268BC7 #C7268B #8BC726

tetradic

#268BC7 #B326C7 #C76226 #3BC726

square

#268BC7 #B326C7 #C76226 #3BC726

split-complementary

#268BC7 #C7263B #C7B326

monochromatic

#124360 #1C6794 #268BC7 #4DA7DD #81C1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#268BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#268BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268BC7

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268BC7	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.127 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacd8',
    500: '#268bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268bc7;
$custom-light: #7aacd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.36,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60883,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268BC7

secondary

#CF9979

accent

#7E3DEB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #268BC7

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

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