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#2e1938 color: Blackcurrant

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281°
100%

OKLCH

25.7%
0.062
314°
  • ≈ Graphite
  • Purple
  • Very dark
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-800
  • Black 78%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text16.00:1 · AALc -105
Black text1.31:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #2e1938

#2e1938 is a soft very dark purple color. In OKLCH it has 25.7% lightness, 0.062 chroma and a hue of 314°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 16:1 contrast and black text 1.31:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Blackcurrant (#2e183b). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-800.

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Lighter: #2e1938 mixed with white

  1. 2e1938
  2. 402d4a
  3. 53415c
  4. 67566f
  5. 7b6d82
  6. 908396
  7. a59baa
  8. bbb3bf
  9. d1ccd4
  10. e8e5e9

Darker: #2e1938 mixed with black

  1. 2e1938
  2. 27142f
  3. 1f1027
  4. 180b1f
  5. 120717
  6. 0b040f
  7. 060208
  8. 020104
  9. 010001
  10. 000000

Calmer: #2e1938 with less saturation

  1. 2e1938
  2. 2d1a36
  3. 2c1c34
  4. 2b1d32
  5. 2a1e30
  6. 291f2e
  7. 28202c
  8. 27212a
  9. 262228
  10. 242225