#261B9A#261B9A

#261B9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.191 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B9A
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 154)
HSL	hsl(245, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(245, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 82.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 45.81, -65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 80.18, 304.85°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% 0.0132 -0.1903)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.191 274)
XYZ	xyz(7.0221, 3.5283, 30.8765)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B9A #8F9A1B

analogous

#1B4F9A #261B9A #651B9A

triadic

#261B9A #9A261B #1B9A26

tetradic

#261B9A #9A1B4F #8F9A1B #1B9A65

square

#261B9A #9A1B4F #8F9A1B #1B9A65

split-complementary

#261B9A #9A651B #4F9A1B

monochromatic

#0C0932 #191266 #261B9A #3324CE #5C4FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#261B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#261B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B9A

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B9A	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.191 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755bb9',
    500: '#261b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b9a;
$custom-light: #755bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.197,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34825,
    "c": 0.19077,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.03529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B9A

secondary

#B9C34E

accent

#ED3BDE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B9A

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

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