#261A38#261A38

#261A38 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.9% C 0.057 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261A38
RGB	rgb(38, 26, 56)
HSL	hsl(264, 37%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(264, 54%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 53.6%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.20, 13.74, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.20, 22.18, 308.26°)
OKLab	oklab(24.87% 0.0291 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(24.87% 0.057 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.8824, 1.4364, 3.9187)
Luminance	0.0144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261A38 #2C381A

analogous

#1A1D38 #261A38 #351A38

triadic

#261A38 #38261A #1A3826

tetradic

#261A38 #381A1D #2C381A #1A3835

square

#261A38 #381A1D #2C381A #1A3835

split-complementary

#261A38 #38351A #1D381A

monochromatic

#0E0A15 #0E0A15 #261A38 #422D62 #5F418C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.31

#261A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#261A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261A38

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261A38	1.00	16.31	1.29	16.31
#FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#112039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#142037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#231F26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 26, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.9% 0.057 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61566f',
    500: '#261a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261a38;
$custom-light: #61566f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24867,
    "c": 0.05683,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261A38

secondary

#5B6D41

accent

#CD5B9F

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EC

border

#C6C5C7

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #261A38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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