#261B4F#261B4F

#261B4F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.091 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B4F
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 79)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 65.8%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.18, 20.63, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.18, 36.67, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(26.88% 0.0289 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(26.88% 0.091 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.6021, 1.7603, 7.5983)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.76

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B4F #444F1B

analogous

#1B2A4F #261B4F #401B4F

triadic

#261B4F #4F261B #1B4F26

tetradic

#261B4F #4F1B2A #444F1B #1B4F40

square

#261B4F #4F1B2A #444F1B #1B4F40

split-complementary

#261B4F #4F401B #2A4F1B

monochromatic

#0B0817 #100B21 #261B4F #3C2B7D #523AAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.53

#261B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#261B4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B4F

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B4F	1.00	15.53	1.35	15.53
#FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00234E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192732

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.091 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645881',
    500: '#261b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b4f;
$custom-light: #645881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.692,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2688,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B4F

secondary

#768541

accent

#D94FBC

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B4F

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

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