#264E8E#264E8E

#264E8E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.115 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#264E8E
RGB	rgb(38, 78, 142)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(217, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 45.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 9.00, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 40.62, 282.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% -0.0211 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.115 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4044, 7.8129, 26.6511)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#264E8E #8E6626

analogous

#26828E #264E8E #32268E

triadic

#264E8E #8E264E #4E8E26

tetradic

#264E8E #8E2682 #8E6626 #268E32

square

#264E8E #8E2682 #8E6626 #268E32

split-complementary

#264E8E #8E3226 #828E26

monochromatic

#0C192D #19335E #264E8E #3369BE #5B89D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#264E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#264E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #264E8E

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##264E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##264E8E	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #264e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 78, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.115 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7faf',
    500: '#264e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #264e8e;
$custom-light: #6e7faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#264e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43025,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#264E8E

secondary

#B89358

accent

#A647E1

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEEF4

border

#C8C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #264E8E

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

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