#268CA9#268CA9

#268CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.099 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268CA9
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -18.43, -23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 29.84, 231.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% -0.0739 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.099 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3358, 22.0307, 40.8671)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268CA9 #A94326

analogous

#26A984 #268CA9 #264BA9

triadic

#268CA9 #A9268C #8CA926

tetradic

#268CA9 #8426A9 #A94326 #4BA926

square

#268CA9 #8426A9 #A94326 #4BA926

split-complementary

#268CA9 #A9264B #A98426

monochromatic

#103945 #1B6377 #268CA9 #3AB1D3 #6CC5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#268CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#268CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268CA9

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268CA9	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.099 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc2',
    500: '#268ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ca9;
$custom-light: #75adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.282,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59643,
    "c": 0.09893,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268CA9

secondary

#C47B67

accent

#6641E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268CA9

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

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