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Scale from white (50) through Lapis Lazuli (500) to black (900), interpolated in Lab color space.
Color Values
- HEX
- #26619C
- RGB
- rgb(38, 97, 156)
- HSL
- hsl(210, 61%, 38%)
- OKLCH
- oklch(0.484 0.113 251)
- CMYK
- cmyk(76%, 38%, 0%, 39%)
--color-lapis-lazulibg-[#26619C]Accessibility
Score: 54/100On White (#FFF)
6.42:1
On Black (#000)
3.27:1
On Light Gray (#F5F5F5)
5.89:1
Best text color on this background:
Design Applications
background-color: #26619C
color: #26619C
bg-[#26619C] text-[#FFFFFF]
border-left: 4px solid #26619C
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Mushroom
#A09080
Split-Complementary
Similar Colors
Color Meaning & Psychology
Blue is the world's most universally preferred color across cultures. It slows respiration, lowers blood pressure, and promotes calm — the physiological opposite of red. Blue's associations with sky and water make it feel limitless, trustworthy, and reliable. In corporate design, blue dominates banking, insurance, healthcare, and technology precisely because it communicates stability. Dark navy conveys authority and tradition; royal blues suggest quality and aspiration; sky blues feel open and optimistic; teal bridges trust with modernity. The primary limitation of blue is food — it suppresses appetite, with almost no naturally blue foods existing in nature. Its deeper, richer tone gives it gravitas and sophistication, making it well-suited for primary brand colors, typography, and contexts where authority matters.
Industry Usage
Common contexts and industries where Lapis Lazuli is applied in professional design.
- Banking, insurance, and financial institutions
- Healthcare and medical device companies
- Enterprise software and SaaS platforms
- Government and public sector organizations
- Airlines and aviation brands
- Communication and social networking apps
- Cybersecurity and data protection products
- Pharmaceutical companies and clinical products
Accessibility Considerations
Normal Text
Passes AA
4.5:1 minimum required
Large Text
Passes AA Large
3:1 minimum required
UI Components
Meets 1.4.11
3:1 for non-text UI
Lapis Lazuli is a dark color. Use white (#FFFFFF) text on top of it for maximum readability (6.42:1). Avoid small black text on this background.
CSS & Code Examples
Background
background-color: #26619C;Text
color: #26619C;Border
border: 2px solid #26619C;Box Shadow
box-shadow: 0 4px 20px #26619C40;Gradient
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #26619C, #5e8ecd);Tailwind-style
--color-lapis-lazuli: #26619C;Tailwind CSS Utilities
Use arbitrary value syntax in Tailwind CSS to apply Lapis Lazuli without a custom config.
Background
bg-[#26619C]Text
text-[#26619C]Border
border-[#26619C]Ring
ring-[#26619C]Fill
fill-[#26619C]From (gradient)
from-[#26619C]Via (gradient)
via-[#26619C]To (gradient)
to-[#26619C]Design Tokens
Ready-to-use Lapis Lazuli design token in CSS custom properties, SCSS, Tailwind v3/v4, and JSON formats.
CSS Custom Properties
:root {
--color-lapis-lazuli: #26619C;
--color-lapis-lazuli-rgb: 38, 97, 156;
--color-lapis-lazuli-hsl: 210, 61%, 38%;
}SCSS Variables
$color-lapis-lazuli: #26619C; $color-lapis-lazuli-rgb: 38, 97, 156; $color-lapis-lazuli-hsl: 210, 61%, 38%;
Tailwind v3 Config
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'lapis-lazuli': '#26619C',
},
},
},
};Tailwind v4 (@theme)
/* tailwind.css */
@theme {
--color-lapis-lazuli: #26619C;
}JSON Design Token (W3C format)
{
"lapis-lazuli": {
"value": "#26619C",
"type": "color",
"description": "Lapis Lazuli — #26619C"
}
}More blue colors
View all →What Does Lapis Lazuli Mean? Color Psychology & Cultural Symbolism
Where red demands action and green signals approval, blue invites consideration. Lapis Lazuli (#26619C) operates in this reflective register—its deep character at 38% lightness creating space for calm to develop gradually rather than announce itself.
- Across color psychology research, blue consistently tests high for "trustworthiness" associations, making Lapis Lazuli a reliable vehicle for calm in cross-demographic audiences.
- Brand designers draw on blue-family tones to project stability and competence—values that Lapis Lazuli communicates in a deep key.
- At 61% saturation, Lapis Lazuli reads as moderately saturated—neither overwhelming nor passive, landing in the trust, reliability, calm, and professionalism zone with measured confidence.
- Lapis Lazuli's deep lightness (38%) shifts its psychological register: a balanced mid-tone that embodies trust, reliability, calm, and professionalism at its most direct.
The power of Lapis Lazuli is quiet consistency. It builds trust cumulatively, appearing wherever credibility matters.
How to Use Lapis Lazuli in Design: Applications, Pairings & Best Practices
The design challenge with Lapis Lazuli is differentiation: every major institution uses blue. The answer lies in tone, proportion, and pairing—how a specific blue is used matters more than whether it's used.
- Avoid: food contexts where it suppresses appetite (the only major color with no natural blue foods), extreme urgency signals, and applications targeting very young children where warmer colors perform better.
- Color harmonies: Lapis Lazuli's complementary color creates a high-energy split ideal for promotional design; its analogous palette (±30° hue) builds cohesive, monochromatic sophistication.
- Proportional use: Lapis Lazuli's moderately saturated saturation (61%) means small applications—accents, highlights, icons—deliver maximum impact without visual fatigue. Reserve large-scale use for intentional brand moments.
- As a dark tone, Lapis Lazuli creates maximum contrast with white and light neutrals—excellent for creating premium dark-mode sections, bold headers, and high-drama brand moments
- Typography: Lapis Lazuli works as a background behind white text but requires careful sizing—test at intended heading and body sizes before finalizing.
The power of Lapis Lazuli is quiet consistency. It builds trust cumulatively, appearing wherever credibility matters.
Lapis Lazuli Accessibility: WCAG Contrast Ratios, Color Blindness & Inclusive Design
Lapis Lazuli (#26619C) reaches 6.42:1 contrast with white text—meeting WCAG 2.1 AA minimum of 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. It clears standard production accessibility requirements. Relative luminance: 11.4%.
- As text on white (#FFFFFF): 6.42:1 — AA ✓
- As text on black (#000000): 3.27:1 — AA (large text only)
- Best text color on Lapis Lazuli background: White (#FFFFFF) at 6.42:1
- WCAG 2.1 luminance: 11.4% — low luminance (dark)—it provides strong contrast for white and light overlaid text, functioning well as a background in dark-mode and header contexts
- Lapis Lazuli qualifies for normal body text and all larger sizes (AA).
- Color blindness consideration: tritanopia (blue-yellow color blindness, ~0.003% of population) may affect how this color reads. While rare, for maximum accessibility supplement color signals with text or icon indicators in critical states.
For production use, test Lapis Lazuli against your specific background colors rather than assuming #FFFFFF or #000000 performance translates. Surrounding colors alter perceived contrast.
Lapis Lazuli in Industry: Branding, Design & Market Applications
Lapis Lazuli's brand positioning falls squarely in the territory of trust, reliability, calm, and professionalism. Industry data supports its strongest performance in finance, technology, healthcare categories, where the moderately saturated saturation calibrates the message at a deep, considered level.
- Finance & Banking: Blue is the most trusted color in financial services—a global design convention built over decades. It signals fiduciary reliability, stability, and the conservative stewardship that depositors and investors need to feel comfortable transferring wealth. (examples: JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Visa) Dark navy communicates established tradition; mid-tone blues suggest accessible, modern banking. Avoid pure bright blue for legacy institutions.
- Technology: Technology brands use blue to communicate intelligence, reliability, and forward-thinking professionalism. From legacy enterprise software to consumer apps, blue provides a neutral credibility that scales across markets and cultures. (examples: Apple, Microsoft, Salesforce) Varying the tone of blue is how tech brands differentiate: sky blue for friendliness (consumer apps), royal blue for confidence (productivity tools), navy for enterprise seriousness.
- Healthcare: Healthcare's use of blue is a trust transfer from corporate credibility to clinical reliability. Patients associate blue with cleanliness, precision, and medical competence—making it the second most common healthcare color after white. (examples: CVS Health, Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente) Teal-blue works particularly well for health tech and telemedicine, balancing clinical trust with digital accessibility.
- Brand positioning: Lapis Lazuli is best suited for brands projecting trustworthiness, reliability, professionalism. Categories outside this positioning—food contexts where it suppresses appetite (the only major color with no natural blue foods)—tend to see weaker results.
- Adjacent applications: Beyond primary industries, Lapis Lazuli works effectively in corporate identity, banking and finance UIs, healthcare platforms—contexts where reliability serves a secondary but reinforcing role.
For marketers and brand strategists, Lapis Lazuli is a commitment to trust, reliability, calm, and professionalism. Match it with industries that make that promise and it will pay dividends consistently.
Accessibility & Design Guides
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the hex code for Lapis Lazuli? ▾
- The hex code for Lapis Lazuli is #26619C. Its RGB values are rgb(38, 97, 156) and its HSL values are hsl(210, 61%, 38%).
- What does Lapis Lazuli mean in design? ▾
- Blue is the world's most universally preferred color across cultures. It slows respiration, lowers blood pressure, and promotes calm — the physiological opposite of red. Blue's associations with sky and water make it feel limitless, trustworthy, and reliable. In corporate design, blue dominates banking, insurance, healthcare, and technology precisely because it communicates stability. Dark navy conveys authority and tradition; royal blues suggest quality and aspiration; sky blues feel open and optimistic; teal bridges trust with modernity. The primary limitation of blue is food — it suppresses appetite, with almost no naturally blue foods existing in nature. Its deeper, richer tone gives it gravitas and sophistication, making it well-suited for primary brand colors, typography, and contexts where authority matters.
- Is Lapis Lazuli WCAG accessible? ▾
- Lapis Lazuli (#26619C) passes WCAG AA on white with a 6.42:1 contrast ratio. Its overall accessibility score is 54/100.
- What colors go well with Lapis Lazuli? ▾
- Lapis Lazuli pairs well with its complementary color Mushroom (#A09080). Analogous colors like Iron Gray and Glacier also work harmoniously. Check the Color Harmonies section above for the full palette.
- What is Lapis Lazuli used for? ▾
- Lapis Lazuli is commonly used for: Banking, insurance, and financial institutions; Healthcare and medical device companies; Enterprise software and SaaS platforms; Government and public sector organizations; Airlines and aviation brands.
- What are the CSS and Tailwind values for Lapis Lazuli? ▾
- In CSS, use `color: #26619C` or `background-color: #26619C`. The CSS custom property is `--color-lapis-lazuli: #26619C`. In Tailwind CSS, use the arbitrary value class `bg-[#26619C]` for backgrounds or `text-[#26619C]` for text.