Information about #268BBA color
Basic facts about this digital color
A strongly colored steel-blue azure, #268BBA carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Cyan Cornflower Blue (#188BC2). Slightly further away sit Pelorous (#2599B2) and Blue Ivy (#3090C7).
In RGB terms — rgb(38, 139, 186) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #268BBA: 5.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#268BBA color variations
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#268BBA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#268BBA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#268BBA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#268BBA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#268BBA color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #268BBA color
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Nearest named colors to #268BBA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#188BC2
#2599B2
#3090C7
#368BC1
#1D95C9
#2976BB
#2496CD
#3B91B4
#357EC7
#3D85B8
#2596D1
#2774AE
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#268BBA
- RGB38, 139, 186
- CMYK58, 18, 0, 27
- CSSrgb(38, 139, 186)
- HSL199°, 66%, 44%
- HSL Precise199.054°, 66.071%, 43.922%
- HSV199°, 80%, 73%
- HSB199°, 80%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.149
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
- GLSLvec3(0.149, 0.545, 0.729)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.149, 0.545, 0.729, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.149, 0.545, 0.729)
- Percentage of Red in RGB14.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID268BBA
- DECIMAL ID2526138
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers24 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
