#268DA5#268DA5

#268DA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.096 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268DA5
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 165)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 14.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, -20.31, -20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 29.17, 225.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0766 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.096 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1129, 22.1764, 38.9686)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268DA5 #A53E26

analogous

#26A57E #268DA5 #264DA5

triadic

#268DA5 #A5268D #8DA526

tetradic

#268DA5 #7E26A5 #A53E26 #4DA526

square

#268DA5 #7E26A5 #A53E26 #4DA526

split-complementary

#268DA5 #A5264D #A57E26

monochromatic

#0F3842 #1B6273 #268DA5 #37B4D1 #69C7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#268DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#268DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268DA5

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268DA5	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.096 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aebf',
    500: '#268da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268da5;
$custom-light: #75aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.339,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59715,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268DA5

secondary

#C37664

accent

#6142E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268DA5

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

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