#261B8D#261B8D

#261B8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.175 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B8D
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 141)
HSL	hsl(246, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(246, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 80.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.51, 41.68, -60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.51, 73.30, 304.65°)
OKLab	oklab(33.31% 0.0167 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(33.31% 0.175 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9974, 3.1184, 25.4800)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B8D #828D1B

analogous

#1B498D #261B8D #5F1B8D

triadic

#261B8D #8D261B #1B8D26

tetradic

#261B8D #8D1B49 #828D1B #1B8D5F

square

#261B8D #8D1B49 #828D1B #1B8D5F

split-complementary

#261B8D #8D5F1B #498D1B

monochromatic

#0A0726 #18115A #261B8D #3425C0 #5547DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.93

#261B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#261B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B8D

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B8D	1.00	12.93	1.62	12.93
#FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.175 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725bb0',
    500: '#261b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b8d;
$custom-light: #725bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.789,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33312,
    "c": 0.17513,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B8D

secondary

#B2BD46

accent

#EB3DDA

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B8D

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

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