#261b68

Color #261b68

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 6.76 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#261b68

RGB

rgb(38, 27, 104)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 58.8%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 74%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.5%, 74%, 0%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(16.48, 29.29, -43.29)

LCH

lch(16.48, 52.27, 304.08)

OKLCH

oklch(29.3%, 0.1273, 281.6)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 10.6%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5d681b

Analogous

#1b3668

#261b68

#4d1b68

Triadic

#261b68

#68261b

#1b6826

Split-complementary

#261b68

#684d1b

#36681b

Tetradic

#261b68

#681b5d

#5d681b

#1b6826

Square

#261b68

#681b36

#5d681b

#1b684d

Shades

Color #261b68 mixed toward black.

#201757

#191245

#130e34

#0d0923

#060511

Tints

Color #261b68 mixed toward white.

#38289a

#4c36cb

#7969d8

#a59be5

#d2cdf2

Tones

Color #261b68 mixed toward gray.

#2b2162

#2f285b

#342e55

#38354e

#3d3b48

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.44:1

White text reads better on this background (14.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#22225c · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#222359 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#26514f · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #261b68;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#261b68]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#261b68 (#261b68) is rgb(38, 27, 104) in RGB.

No, #261b68 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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