#264E8C#264E8C

#264E8C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.112 H 258.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#264E8C
RGB	rgb(38, 78, 140)
HSL	hsl(216, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 44.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.46, 8.23, -38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.46, 39.45, 282.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% -0.0215 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.112 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2556, 7.7534, 25.8673)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#264E8C #8C6426

analogous

#26818C #264E8C #31268C

triadic

#264E8C #8C264E #4E8C26

tetradic

#264E8C #8C2681 #8C6426 #268C31

square

#264E8C #8C2681 #8C6426 #268C31

split-complementary

#264E8C #8C3126 #818C26

monochromatic

#0C182C #19335C #264E8C #3369BC #5A89D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#264E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#264E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #264E8C

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##264E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##264E8C	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30548E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #264e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 78, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.112 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7fae',
    500: '#264e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #264e8c;
$custom-light: #6e7fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#264e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.471,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42886,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#264E8C

secondary

#B79157

accent

#A447E1

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #264E8C

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

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