#2A252E#2A252E

#2A252E is a dark, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.018 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A252E
RGB	rgb(42, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(273, 11%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(273, 20%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.55, 4.51, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.55, 6.78, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(27.37% 0.0115 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(27.37% 0.018 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.1095, 2.0126, 2.8616)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A252E #292E25

analogous

#26252E #2A252E #2E252E

triadic

#2A252E #2E2A25 #252E2A

tetradic

#2A252E #2E2625 #292E25 #252E2E

square

#2A252E #2E2625 #292E25 #252E2E

split-complementary

#2A252E #2E2E25 #252E26

monochromatic

#0F0E11 #0F0E11 #2A252E #494050 #685C72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.97

#2A252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#2A252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A252E

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A252E	1.00	14.97	1.40	14.97
#FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24272E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25272E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2628

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.018 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635f66',
    500: '#2a252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a252e;
$custom-light: #635f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 10.843,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27373,
    "c": 0.01782,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A252E

secondary

#575E51

accent

#B47490

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050406

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A252E

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

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