#261B8B#261B8B

#261B8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.173 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#261B8B
RGBrgb(38, 27, 139)
HSLhsl(246, 67%, 33%)
HSVhsv(246, 81%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(72.7%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(20.28, 41.03, -59.43)
CIE-LCHlch(20.28, 72.22, 304.62°)
OKLaboklab(33.08% 0.0172 -0.1718)
OKLCHoklch(33.08% 0.173 275.7)
XYZxyz(5.8499, 3.0595, 24.7033)
Luminance0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#261B8B #808B1B
analogous
#1B488B #261B8B #5E1B8B
triadic
#261B8B #8B261B #1B8B26
tetradic
#261B8B #8B1B48 #808B1B #1B8B5E
square
#261B8B #8B1B48 #808B1B #1B8B5E
split-complementary
#261B8B #8B5E1B #488B1B
monochromatic
#0A0725 #181158 #261B8B #3425BE #5445DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.03
#261B8B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61
#261B8B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B8B
13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##261B8B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##261B8B1.0013.031.6113.03
#FFFFFF13.031.0021.001.00
#0000001.6121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF13.031.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00368E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#002C89
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#003D53
Achromatopsia (no color)
#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #261b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.173 275.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715aae',
    500: '#261b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #261b8b;
$custom-light: #715aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#261b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.893,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33082,
    "c": 0.17268,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#261B8B
secondary
#B1BC45
accent
#EA3DD9
background
#F7F5FA
surface
#EDE9F5
border
#C8C5CF
text
#090410
muted
#7B797F

Preview Lab

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#261B8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva