#261D2B#261D2B

#261D2B is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.8% C 0.029 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261D2B
RGB	rgb(38, 29, 43)
HSL	hsl(279, 19%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(279, 33%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 32.6%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.39, 7.76, -7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.39, 10.97, 315.03°)
OKLab	oklab(24.77% 0.0199 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(24.77% 0.029 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.6747, 1.4652, 2.4796)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261D2B #222B1D

analogous

#1F1D2B #261D2B #2B1D29

triadic

#261D2B #2B261D #1D2B26

tetradic

#261D2B #2B1F1D #222B1D #1D292B

square

#261D2B #2B1F1D #222B1D #1D292B

split-complementary

#261D2B #292B1D #1D2B1F

monochromatic

#100C12 #100C12 #261D2B #463650 #674E74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.24

#261D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#261D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261D2B

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261D2B	1.00	16.24	1.29	16.24
#FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B202C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D212B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261F22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 29, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.8% 0.029 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#605864',
    500: '#261d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261d2b;
$custom-light: #605864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 19.444,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24773,
    "c": 0.02898,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261D2B

secondary

#4F5D47

accent

#BC6C88

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9EA

border

#C5C5C6

text

#050305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #261D2B

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

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