#1A4E9D#1A4E9D

#1A4E9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.140 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A4E9D
RGB	rgb(26, 78, 157)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(216, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.4%, 50.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.19, 13.50, -47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.19, 49.63, 285.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% -0.0266 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.14 259)
XYZ	xyz(9.2340, 8.1016, 32.9688)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A4E9D #9D691A

analogous

#1A8F9D #1A4E9D #271A9D

triadic

#1A4E9D #9D1A4E #4E9D1A

tetradic

#1A4E9D #9D1A8F #9D691A #1A9D27

square

#1A4E9D #9D1A8F #9D691A #1A9D27

split-complementary

#1A4E9D #9D271A #8F9D1A

monochromatic

#091A34 #113468 #1A4E9D #2368D2 #4F8AE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#1A4E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#1A4E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1A4E9D

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A4E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1A4E9D	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E57A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a4e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 78, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.140 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7eba',
    500: '#1a4e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a4e9d;
$custom-light: #6e7eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a4e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.183,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43698,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.08103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A4E9D

secondary

#C4964E

accent

#A739EE

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A4E9D

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

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