#261C2F
Jet · very dark cool purple
About #261C2F
#261C2F is a muted, very dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 15% red, 11% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 82% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Jet and Onyx (ΔE 15.4); Onyx comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #252F1C — a dark green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very dark tones like #261C2F for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 16.28:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (16.28:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #261C2F?
#261C2F is a muted, very dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 15% red, 11% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 82% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #261C2F?
Use white text. White on #261C2F has a contrast ratio of 16.28:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #261C2F?
Its complementary colour is #252F1C, and analogous partners are #1C1C2F and #2F1C2F.