Information about #263244 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly balanced steel-blue azure, #263244 leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Coast (#243442). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Crescendo (#222F44) and Vintage Dark Blue (#2B3246).
In RGB terms — rgb(38, 50, 68) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #263244 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 12.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.6:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:73), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#263244 color variations
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#263244 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#263244 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#263244 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#263244 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#263244 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #263244 color
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Nearest named colors to #263244
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#243442
#222F44
#2B3246
#243640
#2A313F
#293741
#2B3449
#2A2B41
#272D3C
#202A44
#242E3B
#25383C
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#263244
- RGB38, 50, 68
- CMYK12, 7, 0, 73
- CSSrgb(38, 50, 68)
- HSL216°, 28%, 21%
- HSL Precise216°, 28.302%, 20.784%
- HSV216°, 44%, 27%
- HSB216°, 44%, 27%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.149
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.196
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.267
- GLSLvec3(0.149, 0.196, 0.267)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.149, 0.196, 0.267, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.149, 0.196, 0.267)
- Percentage of Red in RGB14.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB19.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB26.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID263244
- DECIMAL ID2503236
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers8 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
