#261d73

Color #261d73

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 2.77 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#261d73

RGB

rgb(38, 29, 115)

HSL

hsl(246.3, 59.7%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.3, 74.8%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(67%, 74.8%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(18.05, 31.86, -47.88)

LCH

lch(18.05, 57.51, 303.64)

OKLCH

oklch(30.7%, 0.1399, 278.96)

HWB

hwb(246.3, 11.4%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a731d

Analogous

#1d3f73

#261d73

#511d73

Triadic

#261d73

#73261d

#1d7326

Split-complementary

#261d73

#73511d

#3f731d

Tetradic

#261d73

#731d6a

#6a731d

#1d7326

Square

#261d73

#731d3f

#6a731d

#1d7351

Shades

Color #261d73 mixed toward black.

#201860

#19134d

#130e39

#0d0a26

#060513

Tints

Color #261d73 mixed toward white.

#3629a4

#4b3cce

#786dda

#a59ee6

#d2cef3

Tones

Color #261d73 mixed toward gray.

#2c246c

#312b65

#37325d

#3d3a56

#42414f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.51:1

White text reads better on this background (13.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#222266 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#232463 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#265a57 · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #261d73;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#261d73]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#261d73 (#261d73) is rgb(38, 29, 115) in RGB.

No, #261d73 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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