#264B8B#264B8B

#264B8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.115 H 260.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#264B8B
RGB	rgb(38, 75, 139)
HSL	hsl(218, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(218, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 46%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, 9.85, -39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 40.73, 283.99°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% -0.0188 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.115 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9739, 7.3075, 25.4113)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#264B8B #8B6626

analogous

#267D8B #264B8B #34268B

triadic

#264B8B #8B264B #4B8B26

tetradic

#264B8B #8B267D #8B6626 #268B34

square

#264B8B #8B267D #8B6626 #268B34

split-complementary

#264B8B #8B3426 #7D8B26

monochromatic

#0C172B #19315B #264B8B #3365BB #5A86D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#264B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#264B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #264B8B

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##264B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##264B8B	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B518D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17488A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #264b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 75, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.115 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7cad',
    500: '#264b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #264b8b;
$custom-light: #6e7cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#264b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.02,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42119,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#264B8B

secondary

#B79356

accent

#A847E0

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #264B8B

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

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