#262b9e

Color #262b9e

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Navy #000080 · ΔE 15.77 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#262b9e

RGB

rgb(38, 43, 158)

HSL

hsl(237.5, 61.2%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.5, 75.9%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.9%, 72.8%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(25.59, 38.33, -62.39)

LCH

lch(25.59, 73.22, 301.56)

OKLCH

oklch(37.5%, 0.1807, 271.78)

HWB

hwb(237.5, 14.9%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e9926

Analogous

#26679e

#262b9e

#5d269e

Triadic

#262b9e

#9e262b

#2b9e26

Split-complementary

#262b9e

#9e5d26

#679e26

Tetradic

#262b9e

#99269e

#9e9926

#2b9e26

Square

#262b9e

#9e2667

#9e9926

#269e5d

Shades

Color #262b9e mixed toward black.

#202484

#191d69

#13154f

#0d0e35

#06071a

Tints

Color #262b9e mixed toward white.

#3036c8

#565cd6

#8084e1

#abadeb

#d5d6f5

Tones

Color #262b9e mixed toward gray.

#303494

#3a3d8a

#444680

#4e5076

#58596c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.92:1

White text reads better on this background (10.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#28288d · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#282888 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#267d79 · ΔE 38.4

Achromatopsia

#3d3d3d · ΔE 27.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #262b9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#262b9e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#262b9e (#262b9e) is rgb(38, 43, 158) in RGB.

No, #262b9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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