#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
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 139)
HSL	hsl(246, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(246, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.28, 41.03, -59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.28, 72.22, 304.62°)
OKLab	oklab(33.08% 0.0172 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(33.08% 0.173 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8499, 3.0595, 24.7033)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##261B8B	1.00	13.03	1.61	13.03
#FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #261B8B

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

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