#268CA4#268CA4

#268CA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.096 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268CA4
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -20.11, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 29.01, 226.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.076 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.096 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8754, 21.8465, 38.4422)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268CA4 #A43E26

analogous

#26A47D #268CA4 #264DA4

triadic

#268CA4 #A4268C #8CA426

tetradic

#268CA4 #7D26A4 #A43E26 #4DA426

square

#268CA4 #7D26A4 #A43E26 #4DA426

split-complementary

#268CA4 #A4264D #A47D26

monochromatic

#0F3741 #1A6272 #268CA4 #37B3D1 #68C6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#268CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#268CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268CA4

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268CA4	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.096 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adbf',
    500: '#268ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ca4;
$custom-light: #75adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59421,
    "c": 0.0958,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268CA4

secondary

#C27664

accent

#6142E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268CA4

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

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