#268EA9#268EA9

#268EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.099 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268EA9
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -19.50, -22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 29.79, 229.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% -0.0759 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.099 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6307, 22.6205, 40.9654)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268EA9 #A94126

analogous

#26A982 #268EA9 #264DA9

triadic

#268EA9 #A9268E #8EA926

tetradic

#268EA9 #8226A9 #A94126 #4DA926

square

#268EA9 #8226A9 #A94126 #4DA926

split-complementary

#268EA9 #A9264D #A98226

monochromatic

#103A45 #1B6477 #268EA9 #3AB3D3 #6CC6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#268EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#268EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268EA9

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268EA9	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#7D8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.099 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afc2',
    500: '#268ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268ea9;
$custom-light: #76afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.366,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6014,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268EA9

secondary

#C47A67

accent

#6341E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268EA9

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

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