#268EA5#268EA5

#268EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.096 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268EA5
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -20.84, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 29.21, 224.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% -0.0775 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.096 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2610, 22.4726, 39.0179)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268EA5 #A53D26

analogous

#26A57D #268EA5 #264FA5

triadic

#268EA5 #A5268E #8EA526

tetradic

#268EA5 #7D26A5 #A53D26 #4FA526

square

#268EA5 #7D26A5 #A53D26 #4FA526

split-complementary

#268EA5 #A5264F #A57D26

monochromatic

#0F3842 #1B6373 #268EA5 #37B5D1 #69C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#268EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#268EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268EA5

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268EA5	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.096 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afbf',
    500: '#268ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ea5;
$custom-light: #75afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.866,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59965,
    "c": 0.09632,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268EA5

secondary

#C37564

accent

#6042E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268EA5

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

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