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#2B261F

Jet · very dark neutral

About #2B261F

#2B261F is a very dark, near-neutral brown colour. Digitally that works out to 17% red, 15% green and 12% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 28% yellow and 83% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

Visually it is very close to Jet (ΔE 5.9), with Espresso the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #1F242B (jet), its complementary partner.

Because it is very dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 15.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (15.00:1).

Colour codes

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RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red43
Green38
Blue31

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 5.9
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 7.5
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 9.8

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #2B261F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #2B261F.
15.00:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #2B261F.
1.40:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #2B261F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#2B261F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#28261F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#29271F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2D2524

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

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Tetradic

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #2B261F?

#2B261F is a very dark, near-neutral brown colour. Digitally that works out to 17% red, 15% green and 12% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 28% yellow and 83% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #2B261F?

Use white text. White on #2B261F has a contrast ratio of 15.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #2B261F?

Its complementary colour is #1F242B, and analogous partners are #2B201F and #2A2B1F.