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Bitter Liquorice Split-complementary Color Scheme

Five colors arranged by the split-complementary rule around Bitter Liquorice (#262926), each snapped to its nearest named color.

#262926
#2E183B
#3B1F23
#051009
#4A3C62

Color names and codes

NameHEXRGBHSLCMYK
Bitter Liquorice#26292638, 41, 38120°, 4%, 15%7, 0, 7, 84
Blackcurrant#2E183B46, 24, 59278°, 42%, 16%22, 59, 0, 77
Warm Balaclavas Are Forever#3B1F2359, 31, 35351°, 31%, 18%0, 47, 41, 77
Alpine Salamander#0510095, 16, 9142°, 52%, 4%69, 0, 44, 94
Mulberry Purple#4A3C6274, 60, 98262°, 24%, 31%24, 39, 0, 62

Which pairs work for text

Text on backgroundContrastWCAG
Aa #051009 on #4A3C621.95:1—
Aa #2E183B on #4A3C621.61:1—
Aa #3B1F23 on #4A3C621.50:1—
Aa #262926 on #4A3C621.48:1—
Aa #262926 on #0510091.32:1—
Aa #3B1F23 on #0510091.30:1—

CSS variables

:root {
  --color-1: #262926; /* Bitter Liquorice */
  --color-2: #2e183b; /* Blackcurrant */
  --color-3: #3b1f23; /* Warm Balaclavas Are Forever */
  --color-4: #051009; /* Alpine Salamander */
  --color-5: #4a3c62; /* Mulberry Purple */
}

Other schemes from Bitter Liquorice

More Very Dark Gray split-complementary palettes

Questions

What colors go with Bitter Liquorice?

In a split-complementary scheme: Blackcurrant (#2E183B), Warm Balaclavas Are Forever (#3B1F23), Alpine Salamander (#051009), Mulberry Purple (#4A3C62).

What is the hex code of Bitter Liquorice?

#262926.