#261C38#261C38

#261C38 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.3% C 0.053 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261C38
RGB	rgb(38, 28, 56)
HSL	hsl(261, 33%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(261, 50%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 50%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.79, 12.29, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.79, 20.56, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(25.31% 0.0256 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(25.31% 0.053 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.9282, 1.5281, 3.9340)
Luminance	0.0153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261C38 #2E381C

analogous

#1C2038 #261C38 #341C38

triadic

#261C38 #38261C #1C3826

tetradic

#261C38 #381C20 #2E381C #1C3834

square

#261C38 #381C20 #2E381C #1C3834

split-complementary

#261C38 #38341C #20381C

monochromatic

#0E0A14 #0E0A14 #261C38 #423061 #5D458A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.08

#261C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#261C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261C38

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261C38	1.00	16.08	1.31	16.08
#FFFFFF	16.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#142139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#222127

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 28, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.3% 0.053 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61586e',
    500: '#261c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261c38;
$custom-light: #61586e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2531,
    "c": 0.05276,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261C38

secondary

#5E6C43

accent

#C95EA3

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EC

border

#C6C5C7

text

#050307

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #261C38

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

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