#26499B#26499B

#26499B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.140 H 264.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#26499B
RGB	rgb(38, 73, 155)
HSL	hsl(222, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(222, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 52.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.01, 17.45, -48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.01, 51.49, 289.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% -0.0147 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.14 264)
XYZ	xyz(9.0962, 7.5427, 31.9805)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#26499B #9B7826

analogous

#26849B #26499B #3D269B

triadic

#26499B #9B2649 #499B26

tetradic

#26499B #9B2684 #9B7826 #269B3D

square

#26499B #9B2684 #9B7826 #269B3D

split-complementary

#26499B #9B3D26 #849B26

monochromatic

#0E1B39 #1A326A #26499B #3260CC #6386D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#26499B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#26499B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #26499B

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##26499B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##26499B	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12539E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #26499b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 73, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.140 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717bb9',
    500: '#26499b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #26499b;
$custom-light: #717bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#26499b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.051,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42865,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.07544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#26499B

secondary

#BEA25F

accent

#B444E4

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090911

muted

#7B7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #26499B

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

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