#268DB1#268DB1

#268DB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.105 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268DB1
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 177)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -16.22, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 31.57, 239.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.0718 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.105 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2567, 22.6339, 44.9930)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268DB1 #B14A26

analogous

#26B190 #268DB1 #2647B1

triadic

#268DB1 #B1268D #8DB126

tetradic

#268DB1 #9026B1 #B14A26 #47B126

square

#268DB1 #9026B1 #B14A26 #47B126

split-complementary

#268DB1 #B12647 #B19026

monochromatic

#103D4C #1B657F #268DB1 #3FAFD6 #71C4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#268DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#268DB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268DB1

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268DB1	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.105 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aec8',
    500: '#268db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268db1;
$custom-light: #77aec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60258,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268DB1

secondary

#C7836B

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #268DB1

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

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