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Named color

Egyptian Blue

Egyptian Blue color #1034A6: RGB 16, 52, 166 and HSL 226°, 82%, 36%. Explore its cool blue profile, contrast, CSS, palettes and harmonies.

#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

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CSS Utilities

--color-egyptian-blue: #1034A6;
.bg-egyptian-blue { background-color: #1034A6; }
.text-egyptian-blue { color: #1034A6; }
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Color history, meaning and use · Editorially reviewed

About Egyptian Blue Color

Egyptian Blue was a manufactured pigment rather than a blue stone simply ground into powder. Ancient makers combined silica-rich sand, lime, an alkali such as sodium carbonate, and a copper source, then heated the mixture. Museum research describes it as the earliest known synthetic pigment and one of the characteristic blues of ancient Egyptian art.

That technical origin gives Egyptian Blue a different story from lapis-derived ultramarine: it belongs to early materials engineering as much as to visual symbolism. In modern palettes its dense, slightly warm blue can anchor museum, editorial, and heritage themes. The screen swatch captures a useful hue, but not the infrared luminescence conservators use to detect even small traces of the historic pigment.

This HEX value is a contemporary digital interpretation and is not a chemical or archaeological specification for Egyptian Blue pigment.

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
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Downloadable color reference infographic

Egyptian Blue Color Reference Infographic

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Egyptian Blue color reference infographic generated from the verified Colors Encyclopedia dataset.
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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#3911A7Matte Black#1A1A1AWhite Smoke#F5F5F5

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
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Structured sections
Color systems
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    52,
    166
  ],
  "hsl": [
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    82,
    36
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    69,
    0,
    35
  ],
  "luminance": 0.0532,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 2.06,
    "white": 10.17
  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#A78411",
  "analogous": [
    "#117FA7",
    "#3911A7"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#A71134",
    "#34A711"
  ],
  "tetradic": [
    "#A7117F",
    "#A78411",
    "#11A739"
  ],
  "splitComplementary": [
    "#A73911",
    "#7FA711"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#2A56EA",
    "#1034A6",
    "#081A54"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#2A56EA",
  "dark": "#081A54",
  "saturated": "#002BB8",
  "desaturated": "#253E93",
  "pastel": "#5978DE",
  "neon": "#0034E0"
}
Pairings
{
  "best": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#A78411",
    "#117FA7",
    "#3911A7"
  ],
  "avoid": [
    "#253E93",
    "#2A56EA"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#2A56EA",
    "#253E93"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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    "persian-blue",
    "cobalt-blue",
    "zaffre",
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    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/vibrant",
    "/colors/by-tone/jewel-tone"
  ],
  "relatedTools": [
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    "/wcag/egyptian-blue",
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  ],
  "semanticRelations": {
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      "/tools/contrast-checker"
    ]
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}
Full JSON dataset 
{
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  "hex": "#1034A6",
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    ],
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  "sourceType": "curated",
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  "origin": {
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  },
  "family": "blue",
  "temperature": "cool",
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  ],
  "editorialNotes": "Curated internal color record with computed technical properties.",
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  ],
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  "rgb": [
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  ],
  "hsl": [
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    82,
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  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    0,
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  ],
  "luminance": 0.0532,
  "contrast": {
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    "white": 10.17
  },
  "harmonies": {
    "complementary": "#A78411",
    "analogous": [
      "#117FA7",
      "#3911A7"
    ],
    "triadic": [
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      "#34A711"
    ],
    "tetradic": [
      "#A7117F",
      "#A78411",
      "#11A739"
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    "monochromatic": [
      "#2A56EA",
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    "neon": "#0034E0"
  },
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      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
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      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  "css": {
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    "textUtility": ".text-egyptian-blue { color: #1034A6; }"
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    ]
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      "#2A56EA"
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      "#253E93"
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  }
}
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