#262B8E#262B8E

#262B8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.160 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#262B8E
RGB	rgb(38, 43, 142)
HSL	hsl(237, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(237, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 32.63, -55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 64.13, 300.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% 0.0078 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.16 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5441, 4.0922, 26.0309)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#262B8E #8E8926

analogous

#265F8E #262B8E #55268E

triadic

#262B8E #8E262B #2B8E26

tetradic

#262B8E #8E265F #8E8926 #268E55

square

#262B8E #8E265F #8E8926 #268E55

split-complementary

#262B8E #8E5526 #5F8E26

monochromatic

#0C0E2D #191C5E #262B8E #333ABE #5B61D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#262B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#262B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #262B8E

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##262B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##262B8E	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #262b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 43, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.160 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7165b0',
    500: '#262b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #262b8e;
$custom-light: #7165b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#262b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.115,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35805,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#262B8E

secondary

#B8B358

accent

#DA47E1

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #262B8E

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

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