#260511 is a deep, warm red. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium. It is too dark to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #260511 works with other colors. Named schemes with #260511 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Jet Black plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
This palette keeps Jet Black as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Jet Black sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Jet Black carries the depth in this luxury scheme, offset by a brass accent and near-black and held together by a deep neutral and an off-white surface.
Jet Black is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Jet Black carrying the quiet middle.
How #260511 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #260511 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #260511;
--color-base-rgb: 38 5 17;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(18.5% 0.058 1.4);
--color-50: #FEF1F6;
--color-100: #FBDAE6;
--color-200: #F5B7CE;
--color-300: #E986AA;
--color-400: #D95988;
--color-500: #BE3768;
--color-600: #913154;
--color-700: #66283F;
--color-800: #431E2C;
--color-900: #29141C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
jet-black: {
50: '#FEF1F6',
100: '#FBDAE6',
200: '#F5B7CE',
300: '#E986AA',
400: '#D95988',
500: '#BE3768',
600: '#913154',
700: '#66283F',
800: '#431E2C',
900: '#29141C',
},
}
$base: #260511; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #FEF1F6; $base-100: #FBDAE6; $base-200: #F5B7CE; $base-300: #E986AA; $base-400: #D95988; $base-500: #BE3768; $base-600: #913154; $base-700: #66283F; $base-800: #431E2C; $base-900: #29141C; $base-hover: #1D040D; $base-subtle: #E28FAE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#260511",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBDAE6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5B7CE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E986AA",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D95988",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BE3768",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#913154",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#66283F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#431E2C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#29141C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}