#266de0

Color #266de0

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 5.81 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#266de0

RGB

rgb(38, 109, 224)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 75%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 83%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(83%, 51.3%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(47.92, 20.49, -64.6)

LCH

lch(47.92, 67.77, 287.6)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.1891, 259.92)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 14.9%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e09926

Analogous

#26cae0

#266de0

#3c26e0

Triadic

#266de0

#e0266d

#6de026

Split-complementary

#266de0

#e03c26

#cae026

Tetradic

#266de0

#9926e0

#e09926

#6de026

Square

#266de0

#e026ca

#e09926

#26e03c

Shades

Color #266de0 mixed toward black.

#1b5abf

#164899

#103673

#0b244c

#051226

Tints

Color #266de0 mixed toward white.

#4a85e5

#6e9eea

#93b6f0

#b7cef5

#dbe7fa

Tones

Color #266de0 mixed toward gray.

#3671d1

#4574c1

#5578b2

#647ca2

#747f93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.35:1

White text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4fcc · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#4b45c6 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#2dbab5 · ΔE 38.4

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 26.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #266de0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#266de0]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#266de0 (#266de0) is rgb(38, 109, 224) in RGB.

No, #266de0 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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