#261B81#261B81

#261B81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.160 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B81
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 129)
HSL	hsl(246, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(246, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 79.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.14, 37.76, -55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.14, 66.73, 304.46°)
OKLab	oklab(31.95% 0.0198 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(31.95% 0.16 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1524, 2.7805, 21.0298)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B81 #76811B

analogous

#1B4381 #261B81 #591B81

triadic

#261B81 #81261B #1B8126

tetradic

#261B81 #811B43 #76811B #1B8159

square

#261B81 #811B43 #76811B #1B8159

split-complementary

#261B81 #81591B #43811B

monochromatic

#08061C #17104E #261B81 #3526B4 #503FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.49

#261B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#261B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B81

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B81	1.00	13.49	1.56	13.49
#FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.160 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f5aa7',
    500: '#261b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b81;
$custom-light: #6f5aa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.471,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31949,
    "c": 0.16022,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B81

secondary

#A8B543

accent

#E83FD6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#080410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B81

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

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