#268CA2#268CA2

#268CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.095 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268CA2
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, -20.78, -19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 28.75, 223.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% -0.0768 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.095 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6962, 21.7749, 37.4984)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268CA2 #A23C26

analogous

#26A27A #268CA2 #264EA2

triadic

#268CA2 #A2268C #8CA226

tetradic

#268CA2 #7A26A2 #A23C26 #4EA226

square

#268CA2 #7A26A2 #A23C26 #4EA226

split-complementary

#268CA2 #A2264E #A27A26

monochromatic

#0F363F #1A6170 #268CA2 #35B4D0 #67C7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#268CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#268CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268CA2

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268CA2	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.095 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adbd',
    500: '#268ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ca2;
$custom-light: #74adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.645,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59334,
    "c": 0.0947,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268CA2

secondary

#C17363

accent

#6043E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268CA2

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

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