#268EB3#268EB3

#268EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.106 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268EB3
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -16.08, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 31.96, 239.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.072 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.106 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6057, 23.0105, 46.0999)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268EB3 #B34B26

analogous

#26B392 #268EB3 #2647B3

triadic

#268EB3 #B3268E #8EB326

tetradic

#268EB3 #9226B3 #B34B26 #47B326

square

#268EB3 #9226B3 #B34B26 #47B326

split-complementary

#268EB3 #B32647 #B39226

monochromatic

#113E4E #1B6681 #268EB3 #40AFD6 #72C4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#268EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#268EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268EB3

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268EB3	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.106 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afca',
    500: '#268eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268eb3;
$custom-light: #77afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60598,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268EB3

secondary

#C8856D

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #268EB3

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

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