#262D8B#262D8B

#262D8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.153 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#262D8B
RGB	rgb(38, 45, 139)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 67.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 30.24, -53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 61.04, 299.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.0067 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.153 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3963, 4.1523, 24.8855)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#262D8B #8B8426

analogous

#265F8B #262D8B #52268B

triadic

#262D8B #8B262D #2D8B26

tetradic

#262D8B #8B265F #8B8426 #268B52

square

#262D8B #8B265F #8B8426 #268B52

split-complementary

#262D8B #8B5226 #5F8B26

monochromatic

#0C0E2B #191D5B #262D8B #333DBB #5A62D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#262D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#262D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #262D8B

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##262D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##262D8B	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #262d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 45, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.153 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7066ae',
    500: '#262d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #262d8b;
$custom-light: #7066ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#262d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.842,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35858,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#262D8B

secondary

#B7B056

accent

#D647E0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #262D8B

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

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