#261C1E#261C1E

#261C1E is a very dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.016 H 5.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261C1E
RGB	rgb(38, 28, 30)
HSL	hsl(348, 15%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(348, 26%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 21.1%, 85.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.53, 5.32, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.53, 5.35, 5.36°)
OKLab	oklab(23.93% 0.016 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(23.93% 0.016 5)
XYZ	xyz(1.4489, 1.3364, 1.4097)
Luminance	0.0134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261C1E #1C2624

analogous

#261C23 #261C1E #261F1C

triadic

#261C1E #1E261C #1C1E26

tetradic

#261C1E #23261C #1C2624 #1F1C26

square

#261C1E #23261C #1C2624 #1F1C26

split-complementary

#261C1E #1C261F #1C2326

monochromatic

#120D0E #120D0E #261C1E #49363A #6C5056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.57

#261C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#261C1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261C1E

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261C1E	1.00	16.57	1.27	16.57
#FFFFFF	16.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#201F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281B1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 28, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.016 5.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#605859',
    500: '#261c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261c1e;
$custom-light: #605859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 15.152,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23934,
    "c": 0.0161,
    "h": 5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261C1E

secondary

#475754

accent

#B8AA70

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9E9

border

#C5C5C5

text

#050303

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #261C1E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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