RAL and NCS values are nearest equivalents, not official designations.
In ancient Egypt, blue symbolized the heavens and fertility, representing life and rebirth. While it conveyed spiritual significance in Egyptian culture, in modern contexts, it often evokes tranquility and trust, contrasting with its historical associations of divinity and power.
Egyptian Blue, known as 'hsm' in ancient Egyptian, dates back to around 2500 BCE during the Fourth Dynasty. It was discovered by the Egyptians while experimenting with copper and silica, making it the earliest known synthetic pigment, and extensively used in tomb paintings and sculptures.
Ranked by CIE76 ΔE — the perceptual distance from Egyptian Blue. Lower ΔE means a closer match (below ~2 is barely distinguishable).
All 45 Blues →Nine steps of Egyptian Blue by lightness — from #081B56 (darkest) to #8395D1 (lightest). Click any to copy.
Sitting opposite Egyptian Blue at 46° on the color wheel, these give the highest-contrast pairings.
Curated 5-color combinations featuring Egyptian Blue.
A 50–900 tonal scale with Egyptian Blue anchored at 500 — ready to drop into a design system. Click any step to copy.
Works well as text on light backgrounds; fails on dark.
Thresholds: AA needs 4.5:1 (normal text) / 3:1 (large); AAA needs 7:1 / 4.5:1. Large = 18pt+ or 14pt+ bold.
Copy-ready values for CSS, screen and print, plus the extra conversions designers reach for.
color: #1034A6; color-mix(in srgb, #1034A6 70%, white) 226°, 90%, 65% 90, 69, 0, 35 1062054 #003399 How Egyptian Blue appears to viewers with the three main types of color blindness (~1 in 12 men, 1 in 200 women). Simulated approximations.