#263E8E#263E8E

#263E8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.136 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#263E8E
RGB	rgb(38, 62, 142)
HSL	hsl(226, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(226, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 56.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.93, 19.88, -47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.93, 51.14, 292.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% -0.0066 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.136 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4027, 5.8095, 26.3172)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#263E8E #8E7626

analogous

#26728E #263E8E #42268E

triadic

#263E8E #8E263E #3E8E26

tetradic

#263E8E #8E2672 #8E7626 #268E42

square

#263E8E #8E2672 #8E7626 #268E42

split-complementary

#263E8E #8E4226 #728E26

monochromatic

#0C142D #19295E #263E8E #3353BE #5B77D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#263E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#263E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #263E8E

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##263E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##263E8E	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00515F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #263e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 62, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.136 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f72b0',
    500: '#263e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #263e8e;
$custom-light: #6f72b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#263e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39466,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#263E8E

secondary

#B8A258

accent

#BD47E1

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDECF5

border

#C8C7CF

text

#080810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #263E8E

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

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