#268CB3#268CB3

#268CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.107 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268CB3
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -14.98, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 32.26, 242.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0701 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.107 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3108, 22.4207, 46.0016)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268CB3 #B34D26

analogous

#26B394 #268CB3 #2645B3

triadic

#268CB3 #B3268C #8CB326

tetradic

#268CB3 #9426B3 #B34D26 #45B326

square

#268CB3 #9426B3 #B34D26 #45B326

split-complementary

#268CB3 #B32645 #B39426

monochromatic

#113D4E #1B6581 #268CB3 #40ADD6 #72C2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#268CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#268CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268CB3

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268CB3	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.107 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adca',
    500: '#268cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268cb3;
$custom-light: #77adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60108,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268CB3

secondary

#C8866D

accent

#6E40E8

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #268CB3

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

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