#262559

Color #262559

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.13 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#262559

RGB

rgb(38, 37, 89)

HSL

hsl(241.2, 41.3%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.2, 58.4%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.3%, 58.4%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(17.72, 17.17, -31.34)

LCH

lch(17.72, 35.74, 298.72)

OKLCH

oklch(29.8%, 0.091, 280.19)

HWB

hwb(241.2, 14.5%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#585925

Analogous

#253e59

#262559

#402559

Triadic

#262559

#592625

#255926

Split-complementary

#262559

#594025

#3e5925

Tetradic

#262559

#592558

#585925

#255926

Square

#262559

#59253e

#585925

#255940

Shades

Color #262559 mixed toward black.

#201f4a

#19193b

#13122c

#0d0c1e

#06060f

Tints

Color #262559 mixed toward white.

#393886

#4d4bb3

#7977c7

#a6a5d9

#d2d2ec

Tones

Color #262559 mixed toward gray.

#2a2955

#2e2e50

#32324c

#373648

#3b3b43

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.49:1

White text reads better on this background (14.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#262650 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#26264e · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#264846 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#2b2b2b · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #262559;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#262559]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#262559 (#262559) is rgb(38, 37, 89) in RGB.

No, #262559 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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