#261B9F#261B9F

#261B9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.197 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B9F
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 159)
HSL	hsl(245, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(245, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 83%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.65, 47.37, -67.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.65, 82.76, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(35.42% 0.0119 -0.1963)
OKLCH	oklch(35.42% 0.197 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4472, 3.6984, 33.1155)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B9F #949F1B

analogous

#1B529F #261B9F #681B9F

triadic

#261B9F #9F261B #1B9F26

tetradic

#261B9F #9F1B52 #949F1B #1B9F68

square

#261B9F #9F1B52 #949F1B #1B9F68

split-complementary

#261B9F #9F681B #529F1B

monochromatic

#0D0936 #19126B #261B9F #3324D3 #5F53E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#261B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#261B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B9F

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B9F	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00309D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.197 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765cbd',
    500: '#261b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b9f;
$custom-light: #765cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35416,
    "c": 0.19666,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B9F

secondary

#BBC551

accent

#EE3ADF

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B9F

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

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