#268EAB#268EAB

#268EAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.100 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268EAB
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 171)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 17%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -18.82, -23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 30.14, 231.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0751 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.1 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8199, 22.6962, 41.9618)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268EAB #AB4326

analogous

#26AB85 #268EAB #264BAB

triadic

#268EAB #AB268E #8EAB26

tetradic

#268EAB #8526AB #AB4326 #4BAB26

square

#268EAB #8526AB #AB4326 #4BAB26

split-complementary

#268EAB #AB264B #AB8526

monochromatic

#103B47 #1B6479 #268EAB #3BB2D3 #6DC6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#268EAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#268EAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268EAB

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268EAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268EAB	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268eab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.100 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afc4',
    500: '#268eab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268eab;
$custom-light: #76afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268eab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.083,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6023,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268EAB

secondary

#C57C68

accent

#6541E7

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #268EAB

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

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