#264E8B#264E8B

#264E8B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.111 H 258.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#264E8B
RGB	rgb(38, 78, 139)
HSL	hsl(216, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 43.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, 7.84, -38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 38.87, 281.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% -0.0218 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.111 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1822, 7.7241, 25.4808)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#264E8B #8B6326

analogous

#26808B #264E8B #31268B

triadic

#264E8B #8B264E #4E8B26

tetradic

#264E8B #8B2680 #8B6326 #268B31

square

#264E8B #8B2680 #8B6326 #268B31

split-complementary

#264E8B #8B3126 #808B26

monochromatic

#0C182B #19335B #264E8B #3369BB #5A89D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#264E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#264E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #264E8B

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##264E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##264E8B	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31548D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #264e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 78, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.111 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7fad',
    500: '#264e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #264e8b;
$custom-light: #6e7fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#264e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.238,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42818,
    "c": 0.11096,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#264E8B

secondary

#B79056

accent

#A447E0

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #264E8B

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

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