#26170F · Licorice

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#26170F is a dark, muted gray color, closest to Licorice and near Licorice and Raisin. In OKLCH it has 22% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 49°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #26170F a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#26170F
RGBrgb(38, 23, 15)
HSLhsl(21, 43%, 10%)
CMYK0, 39, 61, 85
CSS var--licorice
Contrast17.33:1 white · 1.21:1 black

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How to use #26170F

White text passes WCAG AA on #26170F (17.33:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #26170F with its analogous neighbors #240F12 and #24210F; for contrast use its complement #0F1D24 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--licorice: #26170F;

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