#261b30

Color #261b30

A muted very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 19.99 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-800 #2a212c · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#261b30

RGB

rgb(38, 27, 48)

HSL

hsl(271.4, 28%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.4, 43.8%, 18.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.8%, 43.8%, 0%, 81.2%)

LAB

lab(12.02, 10.61, -11.94)

LCH

lch(12.02, 15.97, 311.62)

OKLCH

oklch(24.6%, 0.0416, 307.59)

HWB

hwb(271.4, 10.6%, 81.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#25301b

Analogous

#1b1b30

#261b30

#301b2f

Triadic

#261b30

#30261b

#1b3026

Split-complementary

#261b30

#2f301b

#1b301b

Tetradic

#261b30

#301b25

#25301b

#1b3026

Square

#261b30

#301b1b

#25301b

#1b2f30

Shades

Color #261b30 mixed toward black.

#201628

#191220

#130d18

#0d0910

#060408

Tints

Color #261b30 mixed toward white.

#4b355e

#6f4f8d

#9474b1

#b7a2cb

#dbd1e5

Tones

Color #261b30 mixed toward gray.

#261d2e

#261e2c

#26202b

#262229

#262427

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.28:1

White text reads better on this background (16.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#22222c · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#22232b · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#262827 · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#202020 · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #261b30;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#261b30]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#261b30 (#261b30) is rgb(38, 27, 48) in RGB.

No, #261b30 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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