#261B4D#261B4D

#261B4D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.088 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B4D
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 77)
HSL	hsl(253, 48%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(253, 65%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.01, 19.94, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.01, 35.37, 304.32°)
OKLab	oklab(26.71% 0.029 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(26.71% 0.088 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.5304, 1.7317, 7.2207)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B4D #424D1B

analogous

#1B294D #261B4D #3F1B4D

triadic

#261B4D #4D261B #1B4D26

tetradic

#261B4D #4D1B29 #424D1B #1B4D3F

square

#261B4D #4D1B29 #424D1B #1B4D3F

split-complementary

#261B4D #4D3F1B #294D1B

monochromatic

#0B0817 #100B20 #261B4D #3C2B7A #533BA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.60

#261B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#261B4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B4D

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B4D	1.00	15.60	1.35	15.60
#FFFFFF	15.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00254F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00224C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2631

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.088 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64577f',
    500: '#261b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b4d;
$custom-light: #64577f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.2,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26707,
    "c": 0.08827,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B4D

secondary

#748341

accent

#D850BA

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B4D

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

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