#268CA3#268CA3

#268CA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.095 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268CA3
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, -20.45, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 28.87, 224.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0764 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.095 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7855, 21.8106, 37.9684)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268CA3 #A33D26

analogous

#26A37C #268CA3 #264EA3

triadic

#268CA3 #A3268C #8CA326

tetradic

#268CA3 #7C26A3 #A33D26 #4EA326

square

#268CA3 #7C26A3 #A33D26 #4EA326

split-complementary

#268CA3 #A3264E #A37C26

monochromatic

#0F3740 #1A6171 #268CA3 #36B4D0 #68C6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#268CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#268CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268CA3

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268CA3	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)

#7D88A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.095 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adbe',
    500: '#268ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ca3;
$custom-light: #75adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.04,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59377,
    "c": 0.09523,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268CA3

secondary

#C27563

accent

#6043E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268CA3

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

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