#2A2424#2A2424

#2A2424 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.009 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2424
RGB	rgb(42, 36, 36)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(0, 14%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 14.3%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.85, 2.81, 1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.85, 3.00, 20.15°)
OKLab	oklab(26.7% 0.0086 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(26.7% 0.009 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.9041, 1.8814, 1.9316)
Luminance	0.0188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2424 #242A2A

analogous

#2A2427 #2A2424 #2A2724

triadic

#2A2424 #242A24 #24242A

tetradic

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

square

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

split-complementary

#2A2424 #242A27 #24272A

monochromatic

#100E0E #100E0E #2A2424 #4B4040 #6C5C5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.26

#2A2424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2A2424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2424

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2424	1.00	15.26	1.38	15.26
#FFFFFF	15.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2324

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 36, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.009 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635e5e',
    500: '#2a2424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2424;
$custom-light: #635e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26703,
    "c": 0.00906,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2424

secondary

#505959

accent

#B1B177

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050404

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2424

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

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