#261E28#261E28

#261E28 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.9% C 0.022 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261E28
RGB	rgb(38, 30, 40)
HSL	hsl(288, 14%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(288, 25%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 25%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.57, 6.24, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.57, 8.18, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(24.87% 0.0167 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(24.87% 0.022 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.6466, 1.4938, 2.2087)
Luminance	0.0149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261E28 #20281E

analogous

#211E28 #261E28 #281E25

triadic

#261E28 #28261E #1E2826

tetradic

#261E28 #28211E #20281E #1E2528

square

#261E28 #28211E #20281E #1E2528

split-complementary

#261E28 #25281E #1E2821

monochromatic

#110D11 #110D11 #261E28 #47384B #68526E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.17

#261E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#261E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261E28

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261E28	1.00	16.17	1.30	16.17
#FFFFFF	16.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D2028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261F21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 30, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.9% 0.022 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#605961',
    500: '#261e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261e28;
$custom-light: #605961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24869,
    "c": 0.02192,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261E28

secondary

#4C5949

accent

#B7717F

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9E9

border

#C5C5C5

text

#040305

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #261E28

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

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