#1a4fa6

Color #1a4fa6

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.21 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#1a4fa6

RGB

rgb(26, 79, 166)

HSL

hsl(217.3, 72.9%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.3, 84.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(84.3%, 52.4%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(35.13, 16.46, -51.65)

LCH

lch(35.13, 54.21, 287.68)

OKLCH

oklch(44.6%, 0.1512, 260.06)

HWB

hwb(217.3, 10.2%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6711a

Analogous

#1a95a6

#1a4fa6

#2b1aa6

Triadic

#1a4fa6

#a61a4f

#4fa61a

Split-complementary

#1a4fa6

#a62b1a

#95a61a

Tetradic

#1a4fa6

#711aa6

#a6711a

#4fa61a

Square

#1a4fa6

#a61a95

#a6711a

#1aa62b

Shades

Color #1a4fa6 mixed toward black.

#16428a

#11356f

#0d2753

#091a37

#040d1c

Tints

Color #1a4fa6 mixed toward white.

#2165d4

#4882e2

#75a1e9

#a3c1f1

#d1e0f8

Tones

Color #1a4fa6 mixed toward gray.

#26529a

#31558e

#3d5783

#495a77

#545d6c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.71:1

White text reads better on this background (7.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383997 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#353193 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#1f8986 · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1a4fa6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1a4fa6]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#1a4fa6 (#1a4fa6) is rgb(26, 79, 166) in RGB.

No, #1a4fa6 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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