#263cea

Color #263cea

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 17.98 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#263cea

RGB

rgb(38, 60, 234)

HSL

hsl(233.3, 82.4%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.3, 83.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(83.8%, 74.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(37.08, 54.35, -88.02)

LCH

lch(37.08, 103.45, 301.69)

OKLCH

oklch(48%, 0.2553, 267.58)

HWB

hwb(233.3, 14.9%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ead426

Analogous

#269eea

#263cea

#7226ea

Triadic

#263cea

#ea263c

#3cea26

Split-complementary

#263cea

#ea7226

#9eea26

Tetradic

#263cea

#d426ea

#ead426

#3cea26

Square

#263cea

#ea269e

#ead426

#26ea72

Shades

Color #263cea mixed toward black.

#1429cf

#1021a5

#0c187c

#081053

#040829

Tints

Color #263cea mixed toward white.

#4a5cee

#6e7df1

#929df5

#b7bef8

#dbdefc

Tones

Color #263cea mixed toward gray.

#3648da

#4655c9

#5762b9

#676fa9

#787b98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.92:1

White text reads better on this background (7.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3131d1 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#302eca · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#27b9b3 · ΔE 49.8

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 31.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #263cea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#263cea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#263cea (#263cea) is rgb(38, 60, 234) in RGB.

No, #263cea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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