#261B78#261B78

#261B78 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.149 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B78
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 120)
HSL	hsl(247, 63%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(247, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 77.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.15, 34.75, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.15, 61.65, 304.31°)
OKLab	oklab(30.96% 0.022 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(30.96% 0.149 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.5803, 2.5516, 18.0168)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B78 #6D781B

analogous

#1B3F78 #261B78 #551B78

triadic

#261B78 #78261B #1B7826

tetradic

#261B78 #781B3F #6D781B #1B7855

square

#261B78 #781B3F #6D781B #1B7855

split-complementary

#261B78 #78551B #3F781B

monochromatic

#080619 #161046 #261B78 #3626AA #4D3BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.90

#261B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#261B78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B78

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B78	1.00	13.90	1.51	13.90
#FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.149 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d59a0',
    500: '#261b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b78;
$custom-light: #6d59a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.097,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30955,
    "c": 0.14868,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B78

secondary

#A0AC43

accent

#E641D3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B78

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

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