#261B9E#261B9E

#261B9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.195 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B9E
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 158)
HSL	hsl(245, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(245, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 82.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.53, 47.06, -67.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.53, 82.25, 304.90°)
OKLab	oklab(35.3% 0.0121 -0.1951)
OKLCH	oklch(35.3% 0.195 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3608, 3.6638, 32.6604)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B9E #939E1B

analogous

#1B529E #261B9E #681B9E

triadic

#261B9E #9E261B #1B9E26

tetradic

#261B9E #9E1B52 #939E1B #1B9E68

square

#261B9E #9E1B52 #939E1B #1B9E68

split-complementary

#261B9E #9E681B #529E1B

monochromatic

#0D0935 #19126A #261B9E #3324D2 #5E52E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#261B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#261B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B9E

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B9E	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00309C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.195 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765cbc',
    500: '#261b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b9e;
$custom-light: #765cbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.038,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35297,
    "c": 0.19548,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B9E

secondary

#BAC451

accent

#EE3ADF

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B9E

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

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