#261E4D#261E4D

#261E4D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.083 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261E4D
RGB	rgb(38, 30, 77)
HSL	hsl(250, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(250, 61%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 61%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.82, 17.85, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.82, 33.12, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(27.31% 0.0249 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(27.31% 0.083 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.6028, 1.8763, 7.2448)
Luminance	0.0188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.05

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261E4D #454D1E

analogous

#1E2D4D #261E4D #3D1E4D

triadic

#261E4D #4D261E #1E4D26

tetradic

#261E4D #4D1E2D #454D1E #1E4D3D

square

#261E4D #4D1E2D #454D1E #1E4D3D

split-complementary

#261E4D #4D3D1E #2D4D1E

monochromatic

#0B0916 #100D21 #261E4D #3C2F79 #5140A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.27

#261E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#261E4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261E4D

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261E4D	1.00	15.27	1.38	15.27
#FFFFFF	15.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05264F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05244C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A2832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 30, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.083 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645a7f',
    500: '#261e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261e4d;
$custom-light: #645a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.213,
    "s": 43.925,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27307,
    "c": 0.08332,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261E4D

secondary

#788245

accent

#D454BE

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#EBE9EE

border

#C6C5C9

text

#05030A

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #261E4D

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

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