Dark blue

#261894

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark blue is a deep blue that reads weighty. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Dark blue color values

Every conversion for #261894, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#261894

RGB38, 24, 148

HSL247, 72%, 34%

HSV247, 84%, 58%

CMYK74%, 84%, 0%, 42%

Lab20.84, 45.37, -64.11

XYZ6.47, 3.2, 28.29

Decimal2496660

Web safe#330099

Pantone2738 C

Shades of dark blue

#231688 #20147c #1d126f #1a1063 #160e57 #130c4b #100a3f #0d0833 #0a0626 #07041a

Tints of dark blue

#2d1cb0 #3421cb #432fdd #5b4ae2 #7466e6 #8d81eb #a69def #bfb9f4 #d8d4f8 #f1f0fd

Colors that go with dark blue

Complementary#869418 Analogous#184894 Analogous#641894 Triadic#942618 Triadic#189426 Split complementary#946418 Split complementary#489418

Dark blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 74, 84, 0, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #261894 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

74 84 0 42

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

72 81 4 48

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark blue in css

Copy #261894 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #261894; }
.text { color: #261894; }
.border { border: 2px solid #261894; }

How dark blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #261894 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #261894 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #261894 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #261894 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #261894 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.