#426e9a

Color #426e9a

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.56 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#426e9a

RGB

rgb(66, 110, 154)

HSL

hsl(210, 40%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 57.1%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.1%, 28.6%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(45.14, -1.67, -28.48)

LCH

lch(45.14, 28.53, 266.64)

OKLCH

oklch(52.6%, 0.0853, 249.76)

HWB

hwb(210, 25.9%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a6e42

Analogous

#429a9a

#426e9a

#42429a

Triadic

#426e9a

#9a426e

#6e9a42

Split-complementary

#426e9a

#9a4242

#9a9a42

Tetradic

#426e9a

#6e429a

#9a6e42

#6e9a42

Square

#426e9a

#9a429a

#9a6e42

#429a42

Shades

Color #426e9a mixed toward black.

#375c80

#2c4967

#21374d

#162533

#0b121a

Tints

Color #426e9a mixed toward white.

#5686b6

#789ec5

#99b6d3

#bbcfe2

#dde7f0

Tones

Color #426e9a mixed toward gray.

#496e93

#516e8b

#586e84

#5f6e7d

#676e75

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.93:1

White text reads better on this background (5.35:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#585991 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#56528f · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#458987 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #426e9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#426e9a]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#426e9a (#426e9a) is rgb(66, 110, 154) in RGB.

No, #426e9a 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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