Dusk Blue #26538D

About this color

#26538D is a dark, moderately saturated blue. In OKLCH its lightness is 44%, its chroma 0.108 and its hue 256°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. It is the named color Dusk Blue. White text reads best on it, at 7.76:1.

Colors that go with Dusk Blue

Matches found by rotating Dusk Blue around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Dusk Blue

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Dusk Blue, closest first.

• Summit Briefing
• Anchor Advisory
• Trust Briefing
• Cumulus Flight
• Whiteboard Template
• Packet Console
• Vector Grid
• Anchor Swell

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Dusk Blue, with their ΔE distance.

• Light Navy #155084 ΔE 0.022
• Light Navy Blue #2E5A88 ΔE 0.026
• Deep Sea Blue #015482 ΔE 0.028
• Cobalt #1E488F ΔE 0.034
• Denim Blue #3B5B92 ΔE 0.035
• Twilight #4E518B ΔE 0.048
• Dusk #4E5481 ΔE 0.051
• Dusky Blue #475F94 ΔE 0.055

More about Dusk Blue

• Shades of blue
• What blue means

How to make Dusk Blue

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts blue
• 1 part green

Recipe result: #145692, a difference of ΔE 0.015 from Dusk Blue. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make blue? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Dusk Blue in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Dusk Blue

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 800.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F2F6FB

   oklch(97.2% 0.008 253.9)

2. Step 100

   100

   #E2EBF6

   oklch(93.7% 0.018 253.3)

3. Step 200

   200

   #CADBF1

   oklch(88.6% 0.035 254.9)

4. Step 300

   300

   #A6C3EA

   oklch(80.9% 0.064 255.9)

5. Step 400

   400

   #76A3DF

   oklch(70.7% 0.101 255.9)

6. Step 500

   500

   #528BD6

   oklch(63.2% 0.129 255.9)

7. Step 600

   600

   #3573C3

   oklch(55.5% 0.14 256)

8. Step 700

   700

   #2760A9

   oklch(49.1% 0.131 256.1)

9. Step 800

   800 (this color)

   #26538D

   oklch(44.1% 0.108 255.9)

10. Step 900

    900

    #21426D

    oklch(37.7% 0.084 255.9)

11. Step 950

    950

    #142740

    oklch(27% 0.053 255.8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Dusk Blue with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.