#268CB4#268CB4

#268CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.107 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268CB4
RGB	rgb(38, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, -14.63, -29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 32.55, 243.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0698 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.107 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4123, 22.4613, 46.5362)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268CB4 #B44E26

analogous

#26B495 #268CB4 #2645B4

triadic

#268CB4 #B4268C #8CB426

tetradic

#268CB4 #9526B4 #B44E26 #45B426

square

#268CB4 #9526B4 #B44E26 #45B426

split-complementary

#268CB4 #B42645 #B49526

monochromatic

#113D4F #1B6581 #268CB4 #40ACD7 #73C2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#268CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#268CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268CB4

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268CB4	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.107 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adca',
    500: '#268cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268cb4;
$custom-light: #77adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.901,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60156,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268CB4

secondary

#C9876D

accent

#6F40E8

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #268CB4

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

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