#261B63#261B63

#261B63 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.120 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B63
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 99)
HSL	hsl(249, 57%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.99, 27.56, -40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.99, 49.24, 304.04°)
OKLab	oklab(28.76% 0.0265 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(28.76% 0.12 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.4427, 2.0966, 12.0252)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B63 #58631B

analogous

#1B3463 #261B63 #4A1B63

triadic

#261B63 #63261B #1B6326

tetradic

#261B63 #631B34 #58631B #1B634A

square

#261B63 #631B34 #58631B #1B634A

split-complementary

#261B63 #634A1B #34631B

monochromatic

#090718 #140E33 #261B63 #382893 #4B35C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.79

#261B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#261B63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B63

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B63	1.00	14.79	1.42	14.79
#FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#042E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.120 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685890',
    500: '#261b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b63;
$custom-light: #685890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.167,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28757,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B63

secondary

#8B9841

accent

#E047C9

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#07030D

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B63

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

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