#261C50#261C50

#261C50 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.091 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261C50
RGB	rgb(38, 28, 80)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 65%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.52, 20.29, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.52, 36.58, 303.68°)
OKLab	oklab(27.16% 0.0275 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(27.16% 0.091 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.6621, 1.8216, 7.7992)
Luminance	0.0182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.88

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261C50 #46501C

analogous

#1C2C50 #261C50 #401C50

triadic

#261C50 #50261C #1C5026

tetradic

#261C50 #501C2C #46501C #1C5040

square

#261C50 #501C2C #46501C #1C5040

split-complementary

#261C50 #50401C #2C501C

monochromatic

#0B0817 #100C23 #261C50 #3C2C7D #513CAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.39

#261C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#261C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261C50

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261C50	1.00	15.39	1.36	15.39
#FFFFFF	15.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00234F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#182833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 28, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.091 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645881',
    500: '#261c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261c50;
$custom-light: #645881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2716,
    "c": 0.09124,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261C50

secondary

#798642

accent

#D850BE

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #261C50

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

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