#2A242E#2A242E

#2A242E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.020 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A242E
RGB	rgb(42, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(276, 12%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(276, 22%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.23, 5.22, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.23, 7.62, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(27.12% 0.0134 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(27.12% 0.02 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.0788, 1.9513, 2.8514)
Luminance	0.0195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A242E #282E24

analogous

#25242E #2A242E #2E242D

triadic

#2A242E #2E2A24 #242E2A

tetradic

#2A242E #2E2524 #282E24 #242D2E

square

#2A242E #2E2524 #282E24 #242D2E

split-complementary

#2A242E #2D2E24 #242E25

monochromatic

#100D11 #100D11 #2A242E #493F50 #695A73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.11

#2A242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#2A242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A242E

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A242E	1.00	15.11	1.39	15.11
#FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23262E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24262E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.020 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635e66',
    500: '#2a242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a242e;
$custom-light: #635e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27122,
    "c": 0.02008,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A242E

secondary

#555E4F

accent

#B5738D

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050406

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A242E

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

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