#262cb4

Color #262cb4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Blue #00008b · ΔE 14.59 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#262cb4

RGB

rgb(38, 44, 180)

HSL

hsl(237.5, 65.1%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.5, 78.9%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(78.9%, 75.6%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(28.13, 45.3, -71.44)

LCH

lch(28.13, 84.59, 302.38)

OKLCH

oklch(40%, 0.2069, 270.47)

HWB

hwb(237.5, 14.9%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4ae26

Analogous

#2673b4

#262cb4

#6726b4

Triadic

#262cb4

#b4262c

#2cb426

Split-complementary

#262cb4

#b46726

#73b426

Tetradic

#262cb4

#ae26b4

#b4ae26

#2cb426

Square

#262cb4

#b42673

#b4ae26

#26b467

Shades

Color #262cb4 mixed toward black.

#202596

#191d78

#13165a

#0d0f3c

#06071e

Tints

Color #262cb4 mixed toward white.

#363dd5

#5e63dd

#868ae6

#afb1ee

#d7d8f7

Tones

Color #262cb4 mixed toward gray.

#3237a8

#3e429c

#494c90

#555785

#616279

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.1:1

White text reads better on this background (9.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2929a0 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#28289b · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#268e89 · ΔE 42.5

Achromatopsia

#424242 · ΔE 29.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #262cb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#262cb4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#262cb4 (#262cb4) is rgb(38, 44, 180) in RGB.

No, #262cb4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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