#261b3e

Color #261b3e

A muted very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 27.02 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#261b3e

RGB

rgb(38, 27, 62)

HSL

hsl(258.9, 39.3%, 17.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.9, 56.5%, 24.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.7%, 56.5%, 0%, 75.7%)

LAB

lab(12.88, 14.92, -20.59)

LCH

lch(12.88, 25.43, 305.93)

OKLCH

oklch(25.5%, 0.0646, 295.97)

HWB

hwb(258.9, 10.6%, 75.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#333e1b

Analogous

#1b223e

#261b3e

#381b3e

Triadic

#261b3e

#3e261b

#1b3e26

Split-complementary

#261b3e

#3e381b

#223e1b

Tetradic

#261b3e

#3e1b33

#333e1b

#1b3e26

Square

#261b3e

#3e1b22

#333e1b

#1b3e38

Shades

Color #261b3e mixed toward black.

#201734

#191229

#130e1f

#0d0915

#06050a

Tints

Color #261b3e mixed toward white.

#44306f

#6246a0

#876cbf

#af9dd4

#d7ceea

Tones

Color #261b3e mixed toward gray.

#271e3b

#282138

#292435

#2a2732

#2c2a30

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.31:1

White text reads better on this background (16.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#222238 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#222336 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#263231 · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#212121 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #261b3e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#261b3e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#261b3e (#261b3e) is rgb(38, 27, 62) in RGB.

No, #261b3e 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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