#261D2A#261D2A

#261D2A is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.027 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261D2A
RGB	rgb(38, 29, 42)
HSL	hsl(282, 18%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(282, 31%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 31%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.34, 7.49, -7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.34, 10.31, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(24.72% 0.0195 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(24.72% 0.027 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.6565, 1.4580, 2.3842)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261D2A #212A1D

analogous

#201D2A #261D2A #2A1D28

triadic

#261D2A #2A261D #1D2A26

tetradic

#261D2A #2A201D #212A1D #1D282A

square

#261D2A #2A201D #212A1D #1D282A

split-complementary

#261D2A #282A1D #1D2A20

monochromatic

#100C12 #100C12 #261D2A #47364E #684F72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.26

#261D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#261D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261D2A

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261D2A	1.00	16.26	1.29	16.26
#FFFFFF	16.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B202B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D202A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261E22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 29, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.027 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#605863',
    500: '#261d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261d2a;
$custom-light: #605863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 18.31,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24721,
    "c": 0.02739,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261D2A

secondary

#4D5C47

accent

#BB6D85

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9EA

border

#C5C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #261D2A

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

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