#265ee3

Color #265ee3

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 9.42 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 2.9

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#265ee3

RGB

rgb(38, 94, 227)

HSL

hsl(222.2, 77.1%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.2, 83.3%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(83.3%, 58.6%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(44.18, 31.23, -72.38)

LCH

lch(44.18, 78.83, 293.34)

OKLCH

oklch(53%, 0.2107, 263.52)

HWB

hwb(222.2, 14.9%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3ab26

Analogous

#26bde3

#265ee3

#4d26e3

Triadic

#265ee3

#e3265e

#5ee326

Split-complementary

#265ee3

#e34d26

#bde326

Tetradic

#265ee3

#ab26e3

#e3ab26

#5ee326

Square

#265ee3

#e326bd

#e3ab26

#26e34d

Shades

Color #265ee3 mixed toward black.

#194cc4

#143d9d

#0f2e75

#0a1e4e

#050f27

Tints

Color #265ee3 mixed toward white.

#4a79e8

#6e94ec

#93aff1

#b7c9f6

#dbe4fa

Tones

Color #265ee3 mixed toward gray.

#3665d3

#466bc4

#5571b4

#6578a4

#757e94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.79:1

White text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4545cd · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#423dc7 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#2bb9b4 · ΔE 42.3

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 28.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #265ee3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#265ee3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#265ee3 (#265ee3) is rgb(38, 94, 227) in RGB.

No, #265ee3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #265ee3, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast