#261D4E#261D4E

#261D4E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.087 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261D4E
RGB	rgb(38, 29, 78)
HSL	hsl(251, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(251, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.63, 18.90, -28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.63, 34.53, 303.18°)
OKLab	oklab(27.19% 0.0263 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(27.19% 0.087 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.6134, 1.8407, 7.4238)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261D4E #454E1D

analogous

#1D2C4E #261D4E #3E1D4E

triadic

#261D4E #4E261D #1D4E26

tetradic

#261D4E #4E1D2C #454E1D #1D4E3E

square

#261D4E #4E1D2C #454E1D #1D4E3E

split-complementary

#261D4E #4E3E1D #2C4E1D

monochromatic

#0B0816 #100C21 #261D4E #3C2E7B #513EA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.35

#261D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#261D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261D4E

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261D4E	1.00	15.35	1.37	15.35
#FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01244D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#192832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 29, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.087 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645980',
    500: '#261d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261d4e;
$custom-light: #645980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.02,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27187,
    "c": 0.08655,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261D4E

secondary

#788344

accent

#D552BD

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#06030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #261D4E

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

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