#261C4E#261C4E

#261C4E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.088 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261C4E
RGB	rgb(38, 28, 78)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 64.1%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.36, 19.59, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.36, 35.28, 303.74°)
OKLab	oklab(26.99% 0.0276 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(26.99% 0.088 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.5893, 1.7925, 7.4158)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261C4E #444E1C

analogous

#1C2B4E #261C4E #3F1C4E

triadic

#261C4E #4E261C #1C4E26

tetradic

#261C4E #4E1C2B #444E1C #1C4E3F

square

#261C4E #4E1C2B #444E1C #1C4E3F

split-complementary

#261C4E #4E3F1C #2B4E1C

monochromatic

#0B0817 #100C21 #261C4E #3C2C7B #523CA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.46

#261C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#261C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261C4E

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261C4E	1.00	15.46	1.36	15.46
#FFFFFF	15.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00234D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 28, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.088 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645880',
    500: '#261c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261c4e;
$custom-light: #645880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26988,
    "c": 0.08818,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261C4E

secondary

#768442

accent

#D751BC

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #261C4E

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

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