#268CA5#268CA5

#268CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.096 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268CA5
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -19.78, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 29.15, 227.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% -0.0756 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.096 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9661, 21.8828, 38.9196)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#268CA5 #A53F26

analogous

#26A57F #268CA5 #264DA5

triadic

#268CA5 #A5268C #8CA526

tetradic

#268CA5 #7F26A5 #A53F26 #4DA526

square

#268CA5 #7F26A5 #A53F26 #4DA526

split-complementary

#268CA5 #A5264D #A57F26

monochromatic

#0F3842 #1B6273 #268CA5 #37B3D1 #69C6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#268CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#268CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268CA5

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268CA5	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.096 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adbf',
    500: '#268ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ca5;
$custom-light: #75adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.811,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59464,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268CA5

secondary

#C37764

accent

#6242E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268CA5

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

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