#261BA1#261BA1

#261BA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.199 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261BA1
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 161)
HSL	hsl(245, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(245, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 83.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.89, 47.99, -68.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.89, 83.79, 304.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.0113 -0.1987)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.199 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6221, 3.7683, 34.0370)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261BA1 #96A11B

analogous

#1B53A1 #261BA1 #691BA1

triadic

#261BA1 #A1261B #1BA126

tetradic

#261BA1 #A11B53 #96A11B #1BA169

square

#261BA1 #A11B53 #96A11B #1BA169

split-complementary

#261BA1 #A1691B #53A11B

monochromatic

#0D0938 #1A126D #261BA1 #3224D5 #6054E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.97

#261BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#261BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261BA1

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261BA1	1.00	11.97	1.75	11.97
#FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00309F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.199 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775cbe',
    500: '#261ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261ba1;
$custom-light: #775cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.925,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35653,
    "c": 0.19899,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261BA1

secondary

#BCC552

accent

#EE3ADF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #261BA1

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

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