#261C9E#261C9E

#261C9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.195 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261C9E
RGB	rgb(38, 28, 158)
HSL	hsl(245, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(245, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 82.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.69, 46.58, -67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.69, 81.75, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(35.41% 0.0118 -0.1943)
OKLCH	oklch(35.41% 0.195 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3841, 3.7104, 32.6682)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261C9E #949E1C

analogous

#1C539E #261C9E #671C9E

triadic

#261C9E #9E261C #1C9E26

tetradic

#261C9E #9E1C53 #949E1C #1C9E67

square

#261C9E #9E1C53 #949E1C #1C9E67

split-complementary

#261C9E #9E671C #539E1C

monochromatic

#0D0A36 #19136A #261C9E #3325D2 #5F54E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#261C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#261C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261C9E

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261C9E	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00309C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 28, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.195 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765cbc',
    500: '#261c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261c9e;
$custom-light: #765cbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3541,
    "c": 0.1947,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261C9E

secondary

#BBC452

accent

#ED3BDF

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #261C9E

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

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