#263C9E#263C9E

#263C9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.161 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#263C9E
RGB	rgb(38, 60, 158)
HSL	hsl(229, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(229, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 62%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.69, 27.39, -55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.69, 62.03, 296.20°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% -0.0046 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.161 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5846, 6.1115, 33.0683)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#263C9E #9E8826

analogous

#26789E #263C9E #4C269E

triadic

#263C9E #9E263C #3C9E26

tetradic

#263C9E #9E2678 #9E8826 #269E4C

square

#263C9E #9E2678 #9E8826 #269E4C

split-complementary

#263C9E #9E4C26 #789E26

monochromatic

#0E173B #1A296D #263C9E #3350CE #657ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#263C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#263C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #263C9E

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##263C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##263C9E	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #263c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 60, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.161 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7371bc',
    500: '#263c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #263c9e;
$custom-light: #7371bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#263c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40447,
    "c": 0.16087,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#263C9E

secondary

#C0AE60

accent

#C743E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEECF6

border

#C9C7D0

text

#090712

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #263C9E

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

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