#268CA8#268CA8

#268CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.098 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268CA8
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -18.76, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 29.65, 230.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0743 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.098 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2423, 21.9933, 40.3746)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268CA8 #A84226

analogous

#26A883 #268CA8 #264BA8

triadic

#268CA8 #A8268C #8CA826

tetradic

#268CA8 #8326A8 #A84226 #4BA826

square

#268CA8 #8326A8 #A84226 #4BA826

split-complementary

#268CA8 #A8264B #A88326

monochromatic

#0F3944 #1B6276 #268CA8 #39B1D2 #6BC5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#268CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#268CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268CA8

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268CA8	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.098 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc2',
    500: '#268ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ca8;
$custom-light: #75adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.923,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59598,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268CA8

secondary

#C47A66

accent

#6542E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268CA8

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

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