#268EA3#268EA3

#268EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.095 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268EA3
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, -21.50, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 28.98, 222.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0784 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.095 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0804, 22.4003, 38.0667)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268EA3 #A33B26

analogous

#26A37A #268EA3 #2650A3

triadic

#268EA3 #A3268E #8EA326

tetradic

#268EA3 #7A26A3 #A33B26 #50A326

square

#268EA3 #7A26A3 #A33B26 #50A326

split-complementary

#268EA3 #A32650 #A37A26

monochromatic

#0F3840 #1A6371 #268EA3 #36B6D0 #68C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#268EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#268EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268EA3

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268EA3	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.095 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afbe',
    500: '#268ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ea3;
$custom-light: #75afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.08,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59879,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268EA3

secondary

#C27363

accent

#5E43E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268EA3

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

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