#1a4cae

Color #1a4cae

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 15.89 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#1a4cae

RGB

rgb(26, 76, 174)

HSL

hsl(219.7, 74%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.7, 85.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(85.1%, 56.3%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(34.89, 21.68, -56.81)

LCH

lch(34.89, 60.81, 290.89)

OKLCH

oklch(44.6%, 0.1657, 261.92)

HWB

hwb(219.7, 10.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae7c1a

Analogous

#1a96ae

#1a4cae

#321aae

Triadic

#1a4cae

#ae1a4c

#4cae1a

Split-complementary

#1a4cae

#ae321a

#96ae1a

Tetradic

#1a4cae

#7c1aae

#ae7c1a

#4cae1a

Square

#1a4cae

#ae1a96

#ae7c1a

#1aae32

Shades

Color #1a4cae mixed toward black.

#163f91

#113374

#0d2657

#09193a

#040d1d

Tints

Color #1a4cae mixed toward white.

#2160db

#4b7fe4

#789feb

#a5bff2

#d2dff8

Tones

Color #1a4cae mixed toward gray.

#2650a2

#335495

#3f5889

#4b5c7d

#586070

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.69:1

White text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#36379d · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#332f99 · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#1f8e8b · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1a4cae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1a4cae]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#1a4cae (#1a4cae) is rgb(26, 76, 174) in RGB.

No, #1a4cae is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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