#261B4E#261B4E

#261B4E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.090 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B4E
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 78)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(253, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 65.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.09, 20.28, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.09, 36.02, 304.27°)
OKLab	oklab(26.79% 0.0289 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(26.79% 0.09 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.5660, 1.7459, 7.4080)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.73

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B4E #434E1B

analogous

#1B294E #261B4E #3F1B4E

triadic

#261B4E #4E261B #1B4E26

tetradic

#261B4E #4E1B29 #434E1B #1B4E3F

square

#261B4E #4E1B29 #434E1B #1B4E3F

split-complementary

#261B4E #4E3F1B #294E1B

monochromatic

#0B0817 #100B21 #261B4E #3C2B7B #523AA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.56

#261B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#261B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B4E

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B4E	1.00	15.56	1.35	15.56
#FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00234D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.090 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645780',
    500: '#261b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b4e;
$custom-light: #645780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.941,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26793,
    "c": 0.0898,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B4E

secondary

#758441

accent

#D850BB

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B4E

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

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