#264E8A#264E8A

#264E8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.110 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#264E8A
RGB	rgb(38, 78, 138)
HSL	hsl(216, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 43.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 7.45, -37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 38.29, 281.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% -0.022 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.11 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1095, 7.6950, 25.0977)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#264E8A #8A6226

analogous

#26808A #264E8A #30268A

triadic

#264E8A #8A264E #4E8A26

tetradic

#264E8A #8A2680 #8A6226 #268A30

square

#264E8A #8A2680 #8A6226 #268A30

split-complementary

#264E8A #8A3026 #808A26

monochromatic

#0C182A #19335A #264E8A #3369BA #5989D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#264E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#264E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #264E8A

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##264E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##264E8A	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31538C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #264e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 78, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.110 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7fac',
    500: '#264e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #264e8a;
$custom-light: #6d7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#264e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42749,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#264E8A

secondary

#B69056

accent

#A348E0

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #264E8A

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

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