#268EB4#268EB4

#268EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.107 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268EB4
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, -15.73, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 32.23, 240.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% -0.0717 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.107 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7072, 23.0511, 46.6345)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268EB4 #B44C26

analogous

#26B493 #268EB4 #2647B4

triadic

#268EB4 #B4268E #8EB426

tetradic

#268EB4 #9326B4 #B44C26 #47B426

square

#268EB4 #9326B4 #B44C26 #47B426

split-complementary

#268EB4 #B42647 #B49326

monochromatic

#113E4F #1B6681 #268EB4 #40AFD7 #73C4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#268EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#268EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268EB4

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268EB4	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.107 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afca',
    500: '#268eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268eb4;
$custom-light: #77afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60645,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268EB4

secondary

#C9866D

accent

#6D40E8

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #268EB4

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

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