#2A242C#2A242C

#2A242C is a dark, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.017 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A242C
RGB	rgb(42, 36, 44)
HSL	hsl(285, 10%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(285, 18%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.15, 4.70, -4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.15, 6.34, 317.92°)
OKLab	oklab(27.03% 0.0125 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(27.03% 0.017 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.0403, 1.9359, 2.6486)
Luminance	0.0194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A242C #262C24

analogous

#26242C #2A242C #2C242A

triadic

#2A242C #2C2A24 #242C2A

tetradic

#2A242C #2C2624 #262C24 #242A2C

square

#2A242C #2C2624 #262C24 #242A2C

split-complementary

#2A242C #2A2C24 #242C26

monochromatic

#100E11 #100E11 #2A242C #4A404E #6A5B6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.14

#2A242C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#2A242C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A242C

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A242C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A242C	1.00	15.14	1.39	15.14
#FFFFFF	15.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23262C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24262C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a242c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 36, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.017 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635e65',
    500: '#2a242c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a242c;
$custom-light: #635e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a242c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2703,
    "c": 0.01691,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A242C

secondary

#535C50

accent

#B37584

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050405

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A242C

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

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