#2A2626#2A2626

#2A2626 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.006 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2626
RGB	rgb(42, 38, 38)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(0, 10%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 9.5%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.58, 1.85, 0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.58, 1.97, 19.86°)
OKLab	oklab(27.3% 0.0057 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(27.3% 0.006 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9978, 2.0184, 2.1177)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2626 #262A2A

analogous

#2A2628 #2A2626 #2A2826

triadic

#2A2626 #262A26 #26262A

tetradic

#2A2626 #282A26 #262A2A #28262A

square

#2A2626 #282A26 #262A2A #28262A

split-complementary

#2A2626 #262A28 #26282A

monochromatic

#100F0F #100F0F #2A2626 #4A4343 #6A6060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.96

#2A2626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#2A2626 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2626

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2626	1.00	14.96	1.40	14.96
#FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#282726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2626

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 38, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.006 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636060',
    500: '#2a2626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2626;
$custom-light: #636060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27297,
    "c": 0.00597,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2626

secondary

#535959

accent

#AEAE7A

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050404

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2626

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

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