#2A202A#2A202A

#2A202A is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 25.9% C 0.023 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A202A
RGB	rgb(42, 32, 42)
HSL	hsl(300, 14%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(300, 24%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.78, 7.07, -4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.78, 8.58, 325.48°)
OKLab	oklab(25.95% 0.0195 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(25.95% 0.023 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.8892, 1.6925, 2.4172)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A202A #202A20

analogous

#25202A #2A202A #2A2025

triadic

#2A202A #2A2A20 #202A2A

tetradic

#2A202A #2A2520 #202A20 #20252A

square

#2A202A #2A2520 #202A20 #20252A

split-complementary

#2A202A #252A20 #202A25

monochromatic

#110D11 #110D11 #2A202A #4D3A4D #6F556F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.69

#2A202A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#2A202A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A202A

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A202A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A202A	1.00	15.69	1.34	15.69
#FFFFFF	15.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F222A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22242A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2123

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a202a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 32, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.9% 0.023 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635b63',
    500: '#2a202a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a202a;
$custom-light: #635b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a202a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25948,
    "c": 0.02344,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A202A

secondary

#4B5B4B

accent

#B67171

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050405

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A202A

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

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