#261E72#261E72

#261E72 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.137 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261E72
RGB	rgb(38, 30, 114)
HSL	hsl(246, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(246, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.17, 30.89, -47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.17, 56.27, 303.30°)
OKLab	oklab(30.78% 0.0212 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(30.78% 0.137 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.2999, 2.5552, 16.1829)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261E72 #6A721E

analogous

#1E4072 #261E72 #501E72

triadic

#261E72 #72261E #1E7226

tetradic

#261E72 #721E40 #6A721E #1E7250

square

#261E72 #721E40 #6A721E #1E7250

split-complementary

#261E72 #72501E #40721E

monochromatic

#080618 #161142 #261E72 #362BA2 #4C3ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.90

#261E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#261E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261E72

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261E72	1.00	13.90	1.51	13.90
#FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 30, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.137 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5b9b',
    500: '#261e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261e72;
$custom-light: #6b5b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30776,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261E72

secondary

#9DA646

accent

#E246D3

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#ECE9F2

border

#C7C5CC

text

#07040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #261E72

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

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