#268DAD#268DAD

#268DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.102 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268DAD
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -17.60, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 30.61, 234.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.0734 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.102 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8639, 22.4768, 42.9240)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268DAD #AD4626

analogous

#26AD8A #268DAD #264AAD

triadic

#268DAD #AD268D #8DAD26

tetradic

#268DAD #8A26AD #AD4626 #4AAD26

square

#268DAD #8A26AD #AD4626 #4AAD26

split-complementary

#268DAD #AD264A #AD8A26

monochromatic

#103B49 #1B647B #268DAD #3CB0D4 #6EC4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#268DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#268DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268DAD

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268DAD	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.102 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aec5',
    500: '#268dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268dad;
$custom-light: #76aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.222,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60073,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268DAD

secondary

#C67F69

accent

#6841E7

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #268DAD

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

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