#261B79#261B79

#261B79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.150 H 278.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B79
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 121)
HSL	hsl(247, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(247, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 77.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.26, 35.09, -51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.26, 62.22, 304.33°)
OKLab	oklab(31.06% 0.0218 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(31.06% 0.15 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.6413, 2.5760, 18.3381)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B79 #6E791B

analogous

#1B3F79 #261B79 #551B79

triadic

#261B79 #79261B #1B7926

tetradic

#261B79 #791B3F #6E791B #1B7955

square

#261B79 #791B3F #6E791B #1B7955

split-complementary

#261B79 #79551B #3F791B

monochromatic

#080619 #161047 #261B79 #3626AB #4D3BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.86

#261B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#261B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B79

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B79	1.00	13.86	1.52	13.86
#FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.150 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d59a1',
    500: '#261b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b79;
$custom-light: #6d59a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.021,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31064,
    "c": 0.14998,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B79

secondary

#A1AD43

accent

#E741D3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#08040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B79

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

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