#261B4B#261B4B

#261B4B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.085 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B4B
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 75)
HSL	hsl(254, 47%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(254, 64%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 64%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.85, 19.26, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.85, 34.06, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(26.54% 0.029 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(26.54% 0.085 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.4609, 1.7038, 6.8545)
Luminance	0.0170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B4B #404B1B

analogous

#1B284B #261B4B #3E1B4B

triadic

#261B4B #4B261B #1B4B26

tetradic

#261B4B #4B1B28 #404B1B #1B4B3E

square

#261B4B #4B1B28 #404B1B #1B4B3E

split-complementary

#261B4B #4B3E1B #284B1B

monochromatic

#0B0817 #0F0B1E #261B4B #3D2B78 #543BA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.66

#261B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#261B4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B4B

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B4B	1.00	15.66	1.34	15.66
#FFFFFF	15.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00244D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02224A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B2630

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.085 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64577e',
    500: '#261b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b4b;
$custom-light: #64577e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.75,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26536,
    "c": 0.0852,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B4B

secondary

#728141

accent

#D751B8

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#05030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B4B

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

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