#264D8B#264D8B

#264D8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.112 H 259.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#264D8B
RGB	rgb(38, 77, 139)
HSL	hsl(217, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 44.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 8.50, -38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 39.48, 282.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% -0.0208 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.112 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1117, 7.5830, 25.4573)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#264D8B #8B6426

analogous

#267F8B #264D8B #32268B

triadic

#264D8B #8B264D #4D8B26

tetradic

#264D8B #8B267F #8B6426 #268B32

square

#264D8B #8B267F #8B6426 #268B32

split-complementary

#264D8B #8B3226 #7F8B26

monochromatic

#0C182B #19325B #264D8B #3368BB #5A88D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#264D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#264D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #264D8B

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##264D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##264D8B	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F538D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #264d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 77, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.112 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7ead',
    500: '#264d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #264d8b;
$custom-light: #6e7ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#264d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.832,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42584,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#264D8B

secondary

#B79156

accent

#A547E0

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080910

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #264D8B

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

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