#261B8E#261B8E

#261B8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.176 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B8E
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(246, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(246, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.63, 42.00, -60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.63, 73.84, 304.67°)
OKLab	oklab(33.43% 0.0164 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(33.43% 0.176 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0721, 3.1483, 25.8736)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B8E #838E1B

analogous

#1B498E #261B8E #5F1B8E

triadic

#261B8E #8E261B #1B8E26

tetradic

#261B8E #8E1B49 #838E1B #1B8E5F

square

#261B8E #8E1B49 #838E1B #1B8E5F

split-complementary

#261B8E #8E5F1B #498E1B

monochromatic

#0A0727 #18115B #261B8E #3425C1 #5647DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.89

#261B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#261B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B8E

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B8E	1.00	12.89	1.63	12.89
#FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.176 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725bb0',
    500: '#261b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b8e;
$custom-light: #725bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.739,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33427,
    "c": 0.17634,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B8E

secondary

#B2BE47

accent

#EB3DDA

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B8E

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

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