#242A2A#242A2A

#242A2A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.009 H 196.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242A2A
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 42)
HSL	hsl(180, 8%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(180, 14%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.49, -2.64, -0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.49, 2.79, 198.80°)
OKLab	oklab(27.91% -0.0081 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(27.91% 0.009 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.9733, 2.1981, 2.5104)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242A2A #2A2424

analogous

#242A27 #242A2A #24272A

triadic

#242A2A #2A242A #2A2A24

tetradic

#242A2A #27242A #2A2424 #272A24

square

#242A2A #27242A #2A2424 #272A24

split-complementary

#242A2A #2A2427 #2A2724

monochromatic

#0E1010 #0E1010 #242A2A #404B4B #5C6C6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.59

#242A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#242A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242A2A

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242A2A	1.00	14.59	1.44	14.59
#FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29292A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28282A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#222A2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.009 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6363',
    500: '#242a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242a2a;
$custom-light: #5e6363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27913,
    "c": 0.0085,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242A2A

secondary

#595050

accent

#7777B1

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9EAEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #242A2A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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