#261B72#261B72

#261B72 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.141 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B72
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 114)
HSL	hsl(248, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(248, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 76.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.51, 32.72, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.51, 58.19, 304.22°)
OKLab	oklab(30.31% 0.0235 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(30.31% 0.141 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.2276, 2.4105, 16.1588)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B72 #67721B

analogous

#1B3C72 #261B72 #511B72

triadic

#261B72 #72261B #1B7226

tetradic

#261B72 #721B3C #67721B #1B7251

square

#261B72 #721B3C #67721B #1B7251

split-complementary

#261B72 #72511B #3C721B

monochromatic

#080619 #160F41 #261B72 #3627A3 #4B38D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.17

#261B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#261B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B72

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B72	1.00	14.17	1.48	14.17
#FFFFFF	14.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.141 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c599b',
    500: '#261b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b72;
$custom-light: #6c599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.586,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30308,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B72

secondary

#9AA742

accent

#E543D0

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#08030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B72

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →