#261B59#261B59

#261B59 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.106 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B59
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 89)
HSL	hsl(251, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 69.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.05, 24.09, -35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.05, 43.05, 304.03°)
OKLab	oklab(27.79% 0.028 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(27.79% 0.106 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.9939, 1.9170, 9.6615)
Luminance	0.0192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B59 #4E591B

analogous

#1B2F59 #261B59 #451B59

triadic

#261B59 #59261B #1B5926

tetradic

#261B59 #591B2F #4E591B #1B5945

square

#261B59 #591B2F #4E591B #1B5945

split-complementary

#261B59 #59451B #2F591B

monochromatic

#0A0717 #120D2A #261B59 #3A2988 #4E37B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.18

#261B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#261B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B59

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B59	1.00	15.18	1.38	15.18
#FFFFFF	15.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#112A37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.106 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665888',
    500: '#261b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b59;
$custom-light: #665888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.645,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27787,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B59

secondary

#818F41

accent

#DD4BC3

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B59

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

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