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#264653 Charcoal Blue

#264653 is Charcoal Blue.

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#264653

Charcoal Blue

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #264653?

HEX
#264653
RGB
rgb(38, 70, 83)
HSL
hsl(197, 37%, 24%)
OKLCH
oklch(37.5% 0.044 226)
CMYK
54, 16, 0, 67

#264653 has a contrast ratio of 10.08:1 against white and 2.08:1 against black, so white is the better background for text in this color and light text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #264653
#264653
Same color
White
10.1AAA
Near-black
1.7Fail

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • White on #264653 · 10.1:1

Tints and shades of #264653

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #E9F8FF
  2. #B8DCEC
  3. #9ABDCC
  4. #7C9FAE
  5. #608290
  6. #456573
  7. #264653
  8. #11313E
  9. #001923

Colors that go with #264653

Six harmony rules built from this color. Open any in the Studio.

Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. No two swatches become hard to tell apart here.

Export

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:root {
  --charcoal-blue-1: #264653; /* Charcoal Blue */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #264653

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (50)

Harbor Fog

Salt Marsh

Gradients (6)

Mesh gradients (6)