#261B8A#261B8A

#261B8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.171 H 275.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B8A
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 138)
HSL	hsl(246, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(246, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 80.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.17, 40.71, -58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.17, 71.67, 304.61°)
OKLab	oklab(32.97% 0.0175 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(32.97% 0.171 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7772, 3.0304, 24.3203)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B8A #7F8A1B

analogous

#1B478A #261B8A #5E1B8A

triadic

#261B8A #8A261B #1B8A26

tetradic

#261B8A #8A1B47 #7F8A1B #1B8A5E

square

#261B8A #8A1B47 #7F8A1B #1B8A5E

split-complementary

#261B8A #8A5E1B #478A1B

monochromatic

#0A0724 #181157 #261B8A #3425BD #5445DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.07

#261B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#261B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B8A

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B8A	1.00	13.07	1.61	13.07
#FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.171 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715aad',
    500: '#261b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b8a;
$custom-light: #715aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.946,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32968,
    "c": 0.17144,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B8A

secondary

#B0BC45

accent

#EA3ED9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#090410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B8A

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

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