#261E33
Oxford Blue · very dark cool purple
About #261E33
#261E33 is a muted, very dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 15% red, 12% green and 20% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 80% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Oxford Blue and Jet (ΔE 15.0); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #2B331E — a dark green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very dark tones like #261E33 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 15.96:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (15.96:1).
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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 #261E33?
#261E33 is a muted, very dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 15% red, 12% green and 20% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 80% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #261E33?
Use white text. White on #261E33 has a contrast ratio of 15.96:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #261E33?
Its complementary colour is #2B331E, and analogous partners are #1E2033 and #311E33.