#261B52#261B52

#261B52 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.096 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B52
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 82)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 67.1%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.43, 21.66, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.43, 38.60, 304.14°)
OKLab	oklab(27.15% 0.0287 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(27.15% 0.096 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.7138, 1.8050, 8.1864)
Luminance	0.0181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.91

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B52 #47521B

analogous

#1B2C52 #261B52 #421B52

triadic

#261B52 #52261B #1B5226

tetradic

#261B52 #521B2C #47521B #1B5242

square

#261B52 #521B2C #47521B #1B5242

split-complementary

#261B52 #52421B #2C521B

monochromatic

#0B0817 #110C24 #261B52 #3B2A80 #5139AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.43

#261B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#261B52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B52

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B52	1.00	15.43	1.36	15.43
#FFFFFF	15.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#172833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.096 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655883',
    500: '#261b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b52;
$custom-light: #655883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27145,
    "c": 0.09584,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B52

secondary

#7A8841

accent

#DA4EBE

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B52

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

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