#2A232A#2A232A

#2A232A is a dark, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.016 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A232A
RGB	rgb(42, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(300, 17%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.74, 4.92, -3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.74, 5.99, 325.16°)
OKLab	oklab(26.69% 0.0136 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(26.69% 0.016 326)
XYZ	xyz(1.9737, 1.8615, 2.4454)
Luminance	0.0186 (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

#2A232A #232A23

analogous

#26232A #2A232A #2A2326

triadic

#2A232A #2A2A23 #232A2A

tetradic

#2A232A #2A2623 #232A23 #23262A

square

#2A232A #2A2623 #232A23 #23262A

split-complementary

#2A232A #262A23 #232A26

monochromatic

#110E11 #110E11 #2A232A #4B3F4B #6D5B6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.30

#2A232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#2A232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A232A

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A232A	1.00	15.30	1.37	15.30
#FFFFFF	15.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23252A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24252A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2425

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.016 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635d63',
    500: '#2a232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a232a;
$custom-light: #635d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26691,
    "c": 0.01634,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.01861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A232A

secondary

#4F5A4F

accent

#B27676

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050405

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A232A

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

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