#262C8E#262C8E

#262C8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.159 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#262C8E
RGB	rgb(38, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(237, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(237, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 31.99, -54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 63.47, 300.26°)
OKLab	oklab(35.98% 0.0071 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(35.98% 0.159 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5809, 4.1658, 26.0432)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#262C8E #8E8826

analogous

#26608E #262C8E #54268E

triadic

#262C8E #8E262C #2C8E26

tetradic

#262C8E #8E2660 #8E8826 #268E54

square

#262C8E #8E2660 #8E8826 #268E54

split-complementary

#262C8E #8E5426 #608E26

monochromatic

#0C0E2D #191D5E #262C8E #333BBE #5B62D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#262C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#262C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #262C8E

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##262C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##262C8E	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #262c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.159 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7165b0',
    500: '#262c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #262c8e;
$custom-light: #7165b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#262c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.538,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35978,
    "c": 0.15863,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#262C8E

secondary

#B8B358

accent

#D847E1

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #262C8E

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

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