#262E81#262E81

#262E81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.138 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#262E81
RGB	rgb(38, 46, 129)
HSL	hsl(235, 54%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(235, 71%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 64.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.51, 25.85, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.51, 54.38, 298.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% 0.0066 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.138 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7374, 3.9505, 21.2248)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#262E81 #817926

analogous

#265C81 #262E81 #4B2681

triadic

#262E81 #81262E #2E8126

tetradic

#262E81 #81265C #817926 #26814B

square

#262E81 #81265C #817926 #26814B

split-complementary

#262E81 #814B26 #5C8126

monochromatic

#0A0C22 #181D52 #262E81 #343FB0 #555FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#262E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#262E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #262E81

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##262E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##262E81	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #262e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 46, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.138 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d66a6',
    500: '#262e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #262e81;
$custom-light: #6d66a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#262e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.725,
    "s": 54.491,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35092,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#262E81

secondary

#B1A951

accent

#D14ADE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#08060F

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #262E81

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

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