#261C8E#261C8E

#261C8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.175 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261C8E
RGB	rgb(38, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(245, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(245, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.81, 41.48, -60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.81, 73.29, 304.47°)
OKLab	oklab(33.55% 0.016 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(33.55% 0.175 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0955, 3.1950, 25.8814)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261C8E #848E1C

analogous

#1C4B8E #261C8E #5F1C8E

triadic

#261C8E #8E261C #1C8E26

tetradic

#261C8E #8E1C4B #848E1C #1C8E5F

square

#261C8E #8E1C4B #848E1C #1C8E5F

split-complementary

#261C8E #8E5F1C #4B8E1C

monochromatic

#0B0828 #18125B #261C8E #3426C1 #5649DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.81

#261C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#261C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261C8E

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261C8E	1.00	12.81	1.64	12.81
#FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.175 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725bb0',
    500: '#261c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261c8e;
$custom-light: #725bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.263,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33552,
    "c": 0.17546,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261C8E

secondary

#B3BD49

accent

#EA3EDB

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #261C8E

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

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