#26497f

Color #26497f

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 21.02 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#26497f

RGB

rgb(38, 73, 127)

HSL

hsl(216.4, 53.9%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.4, 70.1%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.1%, 42.5%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(31.13, 6.53, -34.29)

LCH

lch(31.13, 34.91, 280.78)

OKLCH

oklch(40.8%, 0.0997, 258.84)

HWB

hwb(216.4, 14.9%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f5c26

Analogous

#26767f

#26497f

#30267f

Triadic

#26497f

#7f2649

#497f26

Split-complementary

#26497f

#7f3026

#767f26

Tetradic

#26497f

#5c267f

#7f5c26

#497f26

Square

#26497f

#7f2676

#7f5c26

#267f30

Shades

Color #26497f mixed toward black.

#203d6a

#193155

#132540

#0d182a

#060c15

Tints

Color #26497f mixed toward white.

#3363ab

#4e7fca

#7a9fd7

#a7bfe5

#d3dff2

Tones

Color #26497f mixed toward gray.

#2e4b78

#354c70

#3c4e69

#444f61

#4b515a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.34:1

White text reads better on this background (8.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383975 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#363372 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#296c6a · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 19.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #26497f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#26497f]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#26497f (#26497f) is rgb(38, 73, 127) in RGB.

No, #26497f 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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