#264653 · Charcoal

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#264653 is a dark, muted black color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal and Deep Teal. In OKLCH it has 38% lightness and 0.04 chroma at hue 226°. Black suggests sophistication, contrast and drama, which makes #264653 a natural choice for text, luxury branding and dark interfaces. It appears in 5 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#264653
RGBrgb(38, 70, 83)
HSLhsl(197, 37%, 24%)
CMYK54, 16, 0, 67
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast10.08:1 white · 2.08:1 black

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How to use #264653

White text passes WCAG AA on #264653 (10.08:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #264653 with its analogous neighbors #27544A and #273054; for contrast use its complement #543327 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #264653;

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