#261CB3#261CB3

#261CB3 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.219 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261CB3
RGB	rgb(38, 28, 179)
HSL	hsl(244, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(244, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 84.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.25, 53.01, -75.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.25, 92.36, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% 0.0064 -0.2188)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.219 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3485, 4.4962, 43.0142)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261CB3 #A9B31C

analogous

#1C5DB3 #261CB3 #721CB3

triadic

#261CB3 #B3261C #1CB326

tetradic

#261CB3 #B31C5D #A9B31C #1CB372

square

#261CB3 #B31C5D #A9B31C #1CB372

split-complementary

#261CB3 #B3721C #5DB31C

monochromatic

#100B49 #1B147E #261CB3 #3A2EDE #6C63E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#261CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#261CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261CB3

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261CB3	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0034B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 28, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.219 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5ecb',
    500: '#261cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261cb3;
$custom-light: #7b5ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.974,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37912,
    "c": 0.2189,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261CB3

secondary

#C4CB5F

accent

#F038E3

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#EFE9F9

border

#CAC5D2

text

#0B0514

muted

#7C7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #261CB3

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

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