#261b3d

Color #261b3d

A muted very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 26.57 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#261b3d

RGB

rgb(38, 27, 61)

HSL

hsl(259.4, 38.6%, 17.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.4, 55.7%, 23.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.7%, 55.7%, 0%, 76.1%)

LAB

lab(12.82, 14.6, -19.99)

LCH

lch(12.82, 24.75, 306.14)

OKLCH

oklch(25.4%, 0.063, 296.61)

HWB

hwb(259.4, 10.6%, 76.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#323d1b

Analogous

#1b213d

#261b3d

#371b3d

Triadic

#261b3d

#3d261b

#1b3d26

Split-complementary

#261b3d

#3d371b

#213d1b

Tetradic

#261b3d

#3d1b32

#323d1b

#1b3d26

Square

#261b3d

#3d1b21

#323d1b

#1b3d37

Shades

Color #261b3d mixed toward black.

#201733

#191229

#130e1f

#0d0914

#06050a

Tints

Color #261b3d mixed toward white.

#44316e

#63469f

#876dbe

#af9ed4

#d7cee9

Tones

Color #261b3d mixed toward gray.

#271e3a

#282137

#292435

#2a2632

#2b292f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.31:1

White text reads better on this background (16.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#222237 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#222335 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#263130 · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#212121 · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #261b3d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#261b3d]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#261b3d (#261b3d) is rgb(38, 27, 61) in RGB.

No, #261b3d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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