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#263F4E

#263f4e ≈ Charcoal

  • azure
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#263f4e is a color from the azure family, with low lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.9% red, 24.71% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.28% cyan, 19.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 69.41% black. Its hue angle is 202.5°, with 34.48% saturation and 22.75% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and luxury branding. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Charcoal (#36454f), ΔE 3.87.

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Web safe#333366
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Relative luminance0.0452

Complementary

  1. #263f4e
  2. #4e3526

Split complementary

  1. #263f4e
  2. #4e262b
  3. #4e4926

Analogous

  1. #264e49
  2. #263f4e
  3. #262b4e

Triadic

  1. #263f4e
  2. #4e263f
  3. #3f4e26

Tetradic

  1. #263f4e
  2. #35264e
  3. #4e3526
  4. #3f4e26

Square

  1. #263f4e
  2. #49264e
  3. #4e3526
  4. #2b4e26

Monochromatic

  1. #070b0e
  2. #0d151b
  3. #263f4e
  4. #3f6981
  5. #5d91b0

Shades

#263f4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #263f4e
  2. #223946
  3. #1e323e
  4. #1b2c37
  5. #17262f
  6. #132027
  7. #0f191f
  8. #0b1317
  9. #080d10
  10. #040608
  11. #000000

Tints

#263f4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #263f4e
  2. #3c5260
  3. #516571
  4. #677983
  5. #7d8c95
  6. #939fa7
  7. #a8b2b8
  8. #bec5ca
  9. #d4d9dc
  10. #e9eced
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#263f4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #263f4e
  2. #2f4653
  3. #384c58
  4. #41535d
  5. #4a5962
  6. #536067
  7. #5c666c
  8. #656d71
  9. #6e7376
  10. #777a7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 11.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #3c3c3c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #343d44 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #383e4f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #333a4e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #144344 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #323f4e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2e3c4e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1c4148 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-263f4e {
  color: #263f4e;
}
Background
.bg-263f4e {
  background-color: #263f4e;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-263f4e {
  border: 2px solid #263f4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #263f4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 63 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 34% 23%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-263f4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #263f4e, #262b4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-263f4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 63 78 / 0.35);
}

#36454f Charcoal ΔE 3.87 #2a3439 Gunmetal ΔE 6.42 #414a4c Outer Space ΔE 8.34 #003153 Prussian Blue ΔE 8.88 #353839 Onyx ΔE 9.28 #004953 Midnight Green ΔE 9.60 #003399 Smalt ΔE 10.36 #d9c0b1 Inverted #3c3c3c Grayscale 

Charcoal
#263f4e  rgb(38, 63, 78)  hsl(203, 34%, 23%)  Charcoal
#4e3526  rgb(78, 53, 38)  hsl(23, 34%, 23%)  Bistre
#4e263f  rgb(78, 38, 63)  hsl(323, 34%, 23%)  Eggplant
#3f4e26  rgb(63, 78, 38)  hsl(83, 34%, 23%)  Army Green