#261B57#261B57

#261B57 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.103 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B57
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 87)
HSL	hsl(251, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 69%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.87, 23.39, -34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.87, 41.79, 304.04°)
OKLab	oklab(27.6% 0.0282 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(27.6% 0.103 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.9110, 1.8839, 9.2252)
Luminance	0.0188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B57 #4C571B

analogous

#1B2E57 #261B57 #441B57

triadic

#261B57 #57261B #1B5726

tetradic

#261B57 #571B2E #4C571B #1B5744

square

#261B57 #571B2E #4C571B #1B5744

split-complementary

#261B57 #57441B #2E571B

monochromatic

#0A0717 #120D28 #261B57 #3A2986 #4F38B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.25

#261B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#261B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B57

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B57	1.00	15.25	1.38	15.25
#FFFFFF	15.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#132A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.103 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665887',
    500: '#261b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b57;
$custom-light: #665887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27601,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B57

secondary

#7F8D41

accent

#DC4CC2

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B57

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

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