#261E8E#261E8E

#261E8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.174 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261E8E
RGB	rgb(38, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(244, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(244, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.18, 40.41, -59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.18, 72.18, 304.04°)
OKLab	oklab(33.81% 0.015 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(33.81% 0.174 275)
XYZ	xyz(6.1445, 3.2930, 25.8977)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261E8E #868E1E

analogous

#1E4E8E #261E8E #5E1E8E

triadic

#261E8E #8E261E #1E8E26

tetradic

#261E8E #8E1E4E #868E1E #1E8E5E

square

#261E8E #8E1E4E #868E1E #1E8E5E

split-complementary

#261E8E #8E5E1E #4E8E1E

monochromatic

#0B0929 #18135B #261E8E #3429C1 #574DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#261E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#261E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261E8E

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261E8E	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.174 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725cb0',
    500: '#261e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261e8e;
$custom-light: #725cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33813,
    "c": 0.17362,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.03294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261E8E

secondary

#B4BC4C

accent

#E840DC

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #261E8E

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

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