HEX Color #426DAF (Steelblue)

About #426DAF

When working with digital screens, the color #426DAF is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Steelblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 66 red, 109 green, and 175 blue.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. The color uses 62% Cyan, 38% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 31% Black. With a hue angle of 216.3 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#426DAF

RGB66, 109, 175

HSL216.3°, 45.2%, 47.3%

CMYK62%, 38%, 0%, 31%

HSV216.3°, 62.3%, 68.6%

LAB45.9, 6.1, -39.6

XYZ15.5, 15.2, 42.7

Decimal4353455

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#426DAF #AE8341

Analogous

#41A3AE #4D41AE

Triadic

#AE416D #6DAE41

Tetradic

#AE41A3 #AE8341 #41AE4D

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#426DAF

#577DB7

#6C8DC0

#819DC9

#96ADD2

#ABBEDB

#C0CEE4

#D5DEED

#EAEEF6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#426DAF

#3A609B

#335488

#2C4874

#243C61

#1D304D

#16243A

#0E1826

#070C13

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.20:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

4.04:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

4.97:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

3.43:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #426DAF; }

.text-color { color: #426DAF; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #426DAF; }

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