#2A242A#2A242A

#2A242A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.014 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A242A
RGB	rgb(42, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(300, 14%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.07, 4.21, -2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.07, 5.13, 325.07°)
OKLab	oklab(26.94% 0.0116 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(26.94% 0.014 326)
XYZ	xyz(2.0036, 1.9212, 2.4553)
Luminance	0.0192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A242A #242A24

analogous

#27242A #2A242A #2A2427

triadic

#2A242A #2A2A24 #242A2A

tetradic

#2A242A #2A2724 #242A24 #24272A

square

#2A242A #2A2724 #242A24 #24272A

split-complementary

#2A242A #272A24 #242A27

monochromatic

#100E10 #100E10 #2A242A #4B404B #6C5C6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.17

#2A242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2A242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A242A

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A242A	1.00	15.17	1.38	15.17
#FFFFFF	15.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24252A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25262A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.014 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635e63',
    500: '#2a242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a242a;
$custom-light: #635e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26943,
    "c": 0.01397,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.01921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A242A

secondary

#505950

accent

#B17777

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050405

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A242A

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

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