#264C8B#264C8B

#264C8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.113 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#264C8B
RGB	rgb(38, 76, 139)
HSL	hsl(217, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 45.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.80, 9.17, -39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.80, 40.10, 283.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% -0.0198 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.113 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0423, 7.4442, 25.4341)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#264C8B #8B6526

analogous

#267E8B #264C8B #33268B

triadic

#264C8B #8B264C #4C8B26

tetradic

#264C8B #8B267E #8B6526 #268B33

square

#264C8B #8B267E #8B6526 #268B33

split-complementary

#264C8B #8B3326 #7E8B26

monochromatic

#0C172B #19325B #264C8B #3366BB #5A87D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#264C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#264C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #264C8B

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##264C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##264C8B	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D528D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A498A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #264c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 76, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.113 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7dad',
    500: '#264c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #264c8b;
$custom-light: #6e7dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#264c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.426,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42351,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#264C8B

secondary

#B79256

accent

#A747E0

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #264C8B

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

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