#261B6E#261B6E

#261B6E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.135 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B6E
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 110)
HSL	hsl(248, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(248, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.09, 31.35, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.09, 55.84, 304.16°)
OKLab	oklab(29.89% 0.0244 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(29.89% 0.135 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.0048, 2.3214, 14.9859)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B6E #636E1B

analogous

#1B3A6E #261B6E #501B6E

triadic

#261B6E #6E261B #1B6E26

tetradic

#261B6E #6E1B3A #636E1B #1B6E50

square

#261B6E #6E1B3A #636E1B #1B6E50

split-complementary

#261B6E #6E501B #3A6E1B

monochromatic

#080619 #150F3D #261B6E #37279F #4A36CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.34

#261B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#261B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B6E

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B6E	1.00	14.34	1.46	14.34
#FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.135 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5998',
    500: '#261b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b6e;
$custom-light: #6b5998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.952,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29885,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B6E

secondary

#96A342

accent

#E444CF

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B6E

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

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