#261C57#261C57

#261C57 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.102 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261C57
RGB	rgb(38, 28, 87)
HSL	hsl(250, 51%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(250, 68%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 67.8%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.12, 22.72, -34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.12, 41.07, 303.59°)
OKLab	oklab(27.78% 0.0271 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(27.78% 0.102 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.9344, 1.9305, 9.2330)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261C57 #4D571C

analogous

#1C3057 #261C57 #431C57

triadic

#261C57 #57261C #1C5726

tetradic

#261C57 #571C30 #4D571C #1C5743

square

#261C57 #571C30 #4D571C #1C5743

split-complementary

#261C57 #57431C #30571C

monochromatic

#0A0717 #120D29 #261C57 #3A2B85 #4E3AB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.15

#261C57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#261C57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261C57

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261C57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261C57	1.00	15.15	1.39	15.15
#FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#132A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261c57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 28, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.102 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665887',
    500: '#261c57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261c57;
$custom-light: #665887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261c57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.169,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27784,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261C57

secondary

#808D42

accent

#DB4DC3

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9EF

border

#C6C5CA

text

#06030B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #261C57

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

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