#261B50#261B50

#261B50 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.093 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B50
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 80)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.26, 20.97, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.26, 37.31, 304.20°)
OKLab	oklab(26.97% 0.0288 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(26.97% 0.093 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.6388, 1.7750, 7.7914)
Luminance	0.0177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.80

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B50 #45501B

analogous

#1B2A50 #261B50 #401B50

triadic

#261B50 #50261B #1B5026

tetradic

#261B50 #501B2A #45501B #1B5040

square

#261B50 #501B2A #45501B #1B5040

split-complementary

#261B50 #50401B #2A501B

monochromatic

#0B0817 #100C22 #261B50 #3C2A7E #513AAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.50

#261B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#261B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B50

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B50	1.00	15.50	1.36	15.50
#FFFFFF	15.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00234F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#182732

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.093 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645881',
    500: '#261b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b50;
$custom-light: #645881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26967,
    "c": 0.09283,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B50

secondary

#788641

accent

#D94FBC

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B50

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

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