#268DB4#268DB4

#268DB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.107 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268DB4
RGB	rgb(38, 141, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, -15.18, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 32.38, 242.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% -0.0707 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.107 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5590, 22.7548, 46.5851)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268DB4 #B44D26

analogous

#26B494 #268DB4 #2646B4

triadic

#268DB4 #B4268D #8DB426

tetradic

#268DB4 #9426B4 #B44D26 #46B426

square

#268DB4 #9426B4 #B44D26 #46B426

split-complementary

#268DB4 #B42646 #B49426

monochromatic

#113E4F #1B6581 #268DB4 #40ADD7 #73C3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#268DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#268DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268DB4

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268DB4	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 141, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.107 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aeca',
    500: '#268db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268db4;
$custom-light: #77aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.604,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268DB4

secondary

#C9866D

accent

#6E40E8

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #268DB4

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

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