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Colour

#261B63

  • #261B63
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#261B63 is a blue with RGB values 38, 27, 99 and HSL 249°, 57%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#261B63#261B63
HEX#261B63
RGBrgb(38, 27, 99)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.1059, 0.3882
RGB percentages14.9%, 10.6%, 38.8%
HSLhsl(249.2, 57.1%, 24.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.2, 72.7%, 38.8%)
CMYK61.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 61.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,497,379
CSS custom property--colour: #261B63;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness44.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.8:1
Contrast with white14.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#D9E49C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002A65no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#002562no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#042E3Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 15Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.7Indigo · ΔE 27.5Navy · ΔE 31.3Purple · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58631B
Analogous#1B3463, #4A1B63
Triadic#63261B, #1B6326
Split complementary#634A1B, #34631B
Tetradic#631B34, #58631B, #1B634A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8172D8
Lighter +30%#5E49CE
Lighter +20%#4531B3
Lighter +10%#35268B
Darker −10%#17103B
Darker −20%#070513
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1B0B73
Less saturated −25%#312B53

Channel breakdown

R38
G27
B99
Red38 (14.9%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue99 (38.8%)
Hue249.17°
Saturation (HSL)57.14%
Lightness24.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G 1B · B 63

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