#268EA6#268EA6

#268EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.097 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268EA6
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, -20.51, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 29.34, 225.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0771 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.097 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3523, 22.5091, 39.4992)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268EA6 #A63E26

analogous

#26A67E #268EA6 #264EA6

triadic

#268EA6 #A6268E #8EA626

tetradic

#268EA6 #7E26A6 #A63E26 #4EA626

square

#268EA6 #7E26A6 #A63E26 #4EA626

split-complementary

#268EA6 #A6264E #A67E26

monochromatic

#0F3942 #1B6374 #268EA6 #38B5D1 #6AC7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#268EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#268EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268EA6

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268EA6	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)

#7E8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.097 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afc0',
    500: '#268ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ea6;
$custom-light: #75afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60009,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268EA6

secondary

#C37765

accent

#6142E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268EA6

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

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