#262B8B#262B8B

#262B8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.156 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#262B8B
RGB	rgb(38, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(237, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.68, 31.54, -53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.68, 62.38, 300.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.0081 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.156 273)
XYZ	xyz(6.3218, 4.0033, 24.8606)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#262B8B #8B8626

analogous

#265D8B #262B8B #54268B

triadic

#262B8B #8B262B #2B8B26

tetradic

#262B8B #8B265D #8B8626 #268B54

square

#262B8B #8B265D #8B8626 #268B54

split-complementary

#262B8B #8B5426 #5D8B26

monochromatic

#0C0D2B #191C5B #262B8B #333ABB #5A60D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#262B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#262B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #262B8B

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##262B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##262B8B	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #262b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.156 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7065ae',
    500: '#262b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #262b8b;
$custom-light: #7065ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#262b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.03,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35505,
    "c": 0.15577,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.04004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#262B8B

secondary

#B7B256

accent

#D947E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#090510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #262B8B

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

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