#268EA8#268EA8

#268EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.098 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268EA8
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, -19.83, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 29.63, 227.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% -0.0763 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.098 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5372, 22.5831, 40.4729)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268EA8 #A84026

analogous

#26A881 #268EA8 #264DA8

triadic

#268EA8 #A8268E #8EA826

tetradic

#268EA8 #8126A8 #A84026 #4DA826

square

#268EA8 #8126A8 #A84026 #4DA826

split-complementary

#268EA8 #A8264D #A88126

monochromatic

#0F3A44 #1B6476 #268EA8 #39B4D2 #6BC7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#268EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#268EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268EA8

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268EA8	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.098 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afc2',
    500: '#268ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ea8;
$custom-light: #75afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60096,
    "c": 0.09804,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268EA8

secondary

#C47966

accent

#6342E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268EA8

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

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