#26B4E3#26B4E3

#26B4E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.130 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26B4E3
RGB	rgb(38, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 83%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -19.94, -33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 39.16, 239.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0896 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.13 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9799, 38.5967, 78.4752)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26B4E3 #E35526

analogous

#26E3B4 #26B4E3 #2655E3

triadic

#26B4E3 #E326B4 #B4E326

tetradic

#26B4E3 #B426E3 #E35526 #55E326

square

#26B4E3 #B426E3 #E35526 #55E326

split-complementary

#26B4E3 #E32655 #E3B426

monochromatic

#10637E #178DB5 #26B4E3 #5CC7EA #92D9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#26B4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#26B4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #26B4E3

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26B4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##26B4E3	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26b4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.130 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82caec',
    500: '#26b4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26b4e3;
$custom-light: #82caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26b4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.921,
    "s": 77.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71962,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26B4E3

secondary

#DC9E89

accent

#6434F4

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #26B4E3

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

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