#261DFD

sRGB · 38 / 29 / 253

#261DFD belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 38 red, 29 green and 253 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 242.4° lands in the blue region. Its 98.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 55.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.85:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 38, 29, 253
HSL: 242.41°, 98.25%, 55.29%
HSV / HSB: 242.41°, 88.54%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 84.98%, 88.54%, 0.00%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 18.966, 8.382, 93.550
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 34.766, 73.364, -102.592
WCAG relative luminance: 0.08383
24-bit decimal: 2498045

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #261DFD in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 2.68:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 7.85:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#F4FD1D sits half a turn (180°) from #261DFD on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#261DFD #F4FD1D

Analogous

#1D84FD and #961DFD sit 30° to either side of #261DFD. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#1D84FD #261DFD #961DFD

Triadic

#261DFD, #FD261D and #1DFD26 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#261DFD #FD261D #1DFD26

Split complementary

Start at #261DFD and look across the wheel. #FD961D and #84FD1D sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#261DFD #FD961D #84FD1D

Square

Starting with #261DFD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FD1D84, #F4FD1D, then #1DFD96. Across the square, #261DFD pairs with #F4FD1D, and #FD1D84 with #1DFD96.

#261DFD #FD1D84 #F4FD1D #1DFD96

Tetradic

#261DFD and #F4FD1D are opposites, as are #FD1DF4 and #1DFD26. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#261DFD #FD1DF4 #F4FD1D #1DFD26

Tints

Mixing #261DFD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #514AFD, keeps 80% of the original. By #D4D2FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#261DFD #514AFD #7D77FE #A8A5FE #D4D2FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #261DFD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1E17CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #080633, the mixture is 80% black.

#261DFD #1E17CA #171198 #0F0C65 #080633 #000000

Tones

Mixing #261DFD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3831E4, keeps 80% of the original. By #6E6C99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#261DFD #3831E4 #4A45CB #5C58B2 #6E6C99 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#261DFD

RGB

rgb(38 29 253)

HSL

hsl(242.411 98.246% 55.294%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #261DFD;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#261DFD uses 38 red, 29 green and 253 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 14.9%

Green 11.4%

Blue 99.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #261DFD is 85.0% cyan, 88.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 85.0%

Magenta 88.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #2222FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #22F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #261DFD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #3333FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #2222FF Nearest web-safe · #3333FF

Gradient to complement

#261DFD #4842D8 #6B68B2 #8D8D8D #AFB268 #D2D842 #F4FD1D

Color vision previews

Compare how #261DFD appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#005DFF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#0045FA

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#006E96

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#004CFF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#003FFB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0044DF

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#525252

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#403EC1

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.01938 G 0.01229 B 0.98225

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.14339 G 0.11507 B 0.95262

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.01812 G 0.01252 B 0.89558

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.157 y 0.069 Y 8.382

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 85.098 M % 88.627 Y % 0.784

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00100110 00011101 11111101