#2A232E#2A232E

#2A232E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.022 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A232E
RGB	rgb(42, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(278, 14%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(278, 24%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 23.9%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.91, 5.93, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.91, 8.46, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(26.87% 0.0153 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(26.87% 0.022 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.0489, 1.8916, 2.8414)
Luminance	0.0189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A232E #272E23

analogous

#24232E #2A232E #2E232C

triadic

#2A232E #2E2A23 #232E2A

tetradic

#2A232E #2E2423 #272E23 #232C2E

square

#2A232E #2E2423 #272E23 #232C2E

split-complementary

#2A232E #2C2E23 #232E24

monochromatic

#100D11 #100D11 #2A232E #4A3D51 #695874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.24

#2A232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2A232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A232E

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A232E	1.00	15.24	1.38	15.24
#FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22252E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23262E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.022 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635d66',
    500: '#2a232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a232e;
$custom-light: #635d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 13.58,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26873,
    "c": 0.02238,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A232E

secondary

#545F4E

accent

#B6718A

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050406

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A232E

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

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