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Named color

Egyptian Blue

Egyptian Blue is a vibrant and jewel tone blue color with HEX #1034A6. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 16, 52, 166, HSL 226, 82%, 36%, cool temperature, and is useful for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems.

#1034A6 blue cool vibrantjewel-tone
HEX #1034A6
RGB rgb(16, 52, 166)
HSL hsl(226 82% 36%)
CMYK cmyk(90, 69, 0, 35)
Luminance 0.0532
Contrast Black 2.06:1White 10.17:1

CSS Utilities

--color-egyptian-blue: #1034A6;
.bg-egyptian-blue { background-color: #1034A6; }
.text-egyptian-blue { color: #1034A6; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0532
Black text2.06:1AA Fail
White text10.17:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    52,
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  ],
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    82,
    36
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    69,
    0,
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  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
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    "#3911A7"
  ],
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    "#A78411",
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    "#1034A6",
    "#081A54"
  ]
}
Variants
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  "saturated": "#002BB8",
  "desaturated": "#253E93",
  "pastel": "#5978DE",
  "neon": "#0034E0"
}
Pairings
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  ],
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  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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      "/wcag/egyptian-blue",
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    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
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Color meaning and use

About Egyptian Blue Color

Egyptian Blue sits in the blue family with cool temperature and vibrant and jewel tone visual character. Egyptian Blue is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include heritage, craft, and specificity, which makes it relevant for museum design and education. In design work, Egyptian Blue is most useful for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Blue color familyBrowse named blue colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Vibrant colorsFind colors with vibrant visual character.Jewel Tone colorsFind colors with jewel tone visual character.Egyptian Blue accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #1034A6.Egyptian Blue CSS utilitiesUse Egyptian Blue in CSS variables and utility classes.#1034A6 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Egyptian Blue paletteOpen the generated palette based on Egyptian Blue.Egyptian Blue harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Egyptian Blue against black and white text.

Black text2.06:1AA Fail
White text10.17:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Smalt#003399
Persian Blue#1C39BB
Cobalt Blue#0047AB
Zaffre#0014A8
Sapphire#0F52BA

Color Harmonies

#A78411#A78411
#117FA7#117FA7
#3911A7#3911A7
#A71134#A71134
#34A711#34A711
Open full Egyptian Blue harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#2A56EA#2A56EA
#081A54#081A54
#002BB8#002BB8
#253E93#253E93
#5978DE#5978DE
#0034E0#0034E0

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#A78411#A78411
#117FA7#117FA7
#3911A7#3911A7
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5