#261B7E#261B7E

#261B7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.156 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B7E
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 126)
HSL	hsl(247, 65%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(247, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 78.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.81, 36.76, -53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.81, 65.05, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(31.62% 0.0206 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(31.62% 0.156 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.9559, 2.7019, 19.9950)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B7E #737E1B

analogous

#1B417E #261B7E #581B7E

triadic

#261B7E #7E261B #1B7E26

tetradic

#261B7E #7E1B41 #737E1B #1B7E58

square

#261B7E #7E1B41 #737E1B #1B7E58

split-complementary

#261B7E #7E581B #417E1B

monochromatic

#080519 #17104C #261B7E #3526B0 #4F3ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#261B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#261B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B7E

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B7E	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.156 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5aa4',
    500: '#261b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b7e;
$custom-light: #6e5aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31615,
    "c": 0.15641,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B7E

secondary

#A6B243

accent

#E840D5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#08040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B7E

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

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