#2A232B#2A232B

#2A232B is a dark, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.018 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A232B
RGB	rgb(42, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(293, 10%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(293, 19%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.78, 5.17, -4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.78, 6.58, 321.71°)
OKLab	oklab(26.74% 0.014 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(26.74% 0.018 322)
XYZ	xyz(1.9919, 1.8688, 2.5408)
Luminance	0.0187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A232B #242B23

analogous

#26232B #2A232B #2B2328

triadic

#2A232B #2B2A23 #232B2A

tetradic

#2A232B #2B2623 #242B23 #23282B

square

#2A232B #2B2623 #242B23 #23282B

split-complementary

#2A232B #282B23 #232B26

monochromatic

#100E11 #100E11 #2A232B #4B3E4D #6C5A6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.29

#2A232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#2A232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A232B

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A232B	1.00	15.29	1.37	15.29
#FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22252B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24252B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.018 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635d64',
    500: '#2a232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a232b;
$custom-light: #635d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26735,
    "c": 0.01776,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.01869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A232B

secondary

#505B4F

accent

#B3757C

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050405

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A232B

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

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