#261A8E#261A8E

#261A8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.177 H 275.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261A8E
RGB	rgb(38, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(246, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(246, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.45, 42.51, -61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.45, 74.36, 304.86°)
OKLab	oklab(33.31% 0.0168 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(33.31% 0.177 275.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0496, 3.1033, 25.8661)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261A8E #828E1A

analogous

#1A488E #261A8E #601A8E

triadic

#261A8E #8E261A #1A8E26

tetradic

#261A8E #8E1A48 #828E1A #1A8E60

square

#261A8E #8E1A48 #828E1A #1A8E60

split-complementary

#261A8E #8E601A #488E1A

monochromatic

#0A0727 #18115A #261A8E #3423C2 #5545DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#261A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#261A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261A8E

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261A8E	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.177 275.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725ab0',
    500: '#261a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261a8e;
$custom-light: #725ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.207,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33305,
    "c": 0.17721,
    "h": 275.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261A8E

secondary

#B2BE45

accent

#EC3CDA

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #261A8E

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

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