#261E8B#261E8B

#261E8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.170 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261E8B
RGB	rgb(38, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(244, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(244, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.84, 39.42, -58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.84, 70.54, 303.97°)
OKLab	oklab(33.48% 0.0158 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(33.48% 0.17 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9223, 3.2041, 24.7274)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261E8B #838B1E

analogous

#1E4C8B #261E8B #5C1E8B

triadic

#261E8B #8B261E #1E8B26

tetradic

#261E8B #8B1E4C #838B1E #1E8B5C

square

#261E8B #8B1E4C #838B1E #1E8B5C

split-complementary

#261E8B #8B5C1E #4C8B1E

monochromatic

#0A0826 #181359 #261E8B #3429BD #564BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#261E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#261E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261E8B

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261E8B	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00378E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.170 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715cae',
    500: '#261e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261e8b;
$custom-light: #715cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.404,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33476,
    "c": 0.16988,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261E8B

secondary

#B2BB4A

accent

#E740DB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F5

border

#C8C5CF

text

#090410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #261E8B

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

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