#261CA9#261CA9

#261CA9 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.208 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261CA9
RGB	rgb(38, 28, 169)
HSL	hsl(244, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(244, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 83.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 49.98, -71.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 87.37, 304.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.009 -0.2073)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.208 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3736, 4.1062, 37.8797)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261CA9 #9FA91C

analogous

#1C58A9 #261CA9 #6C1CA9

triadic

#261CA9 #A9261C #1CA926

tetradic

#261CA9 #A91C58 #9FA91C #1CA96C

square

#261CA9 #A91C58 #9FA91C #1CA96C

split-complementary

#261CA9 #A96C1C #58A91C

monochromatic

#0E0B40 #1A1374 #261CA9 #3427DB #655BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#261CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#261CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261CA9

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261CA9	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0032A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 28, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.208 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795dc4',
    500: '#261ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261ca9;
$custom-light: #795dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.255,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36713,
    "c": 0.20751,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261CA9

secondary

#C0C859

accent

#EE39E1

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#EFE9F8

border

#CAC5D1

text

#0B0413

muted

#7C7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #261CA9

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

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