Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#26599E

  • #26599E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#26599E is a blue with RGB values 38, 89, 158 and HSL 215°, 61%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#26599E#26599E
HEX#26599E
RGBrgb(38, 89, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.349, 0.6196
RGB percentages14.9%, 34.9%, 62%
HSLhsl(214.5, 61.2%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.5, 75.9%, 62%)
CMYK75.9%, 43.7%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,513,310
CSS custom property--colour: #26599E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#D9A661

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#375FA1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#21549Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#006974no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.4Steel blue · ΔE 21.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 25Dodgerblue · ΔE 30.1Royal blue · ΔE 30.9Slate blue · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 19.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E6B26
Analogous#26959E, #2F269E
Triadic#9E2659, #599E26
Split complementary#9E2F26, #959E26
Tetradic#9E2695, #9E6B26, #269E2F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A6C3EA
Lighter +30%#7DA7E0
Lighter +20%#548BD6
Lighter +10%#3070C7
Darker −10%#1C4275
Darker −20%#122B4C
Darker −30%#081423
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0E55B7
Less saturated −25%#3F5D86

Channel breakdown

R38
G89
B158
Red38 (14.9%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue214.5°
Saturation (HSL)61.22%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 59 · B 9E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “26599e” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.