#2A2836#2A2836

#2A2836 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.026 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2836
RGB	rgb(42, 40, 54)
HSL	hsl(249, 15%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(249, 26%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 25.9%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.87, 4.57, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.87, 9.82, 297.70°)
OKLab	oklab(28.51% 0.0093 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(28.51% 0.026 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.3793, 2.2761, 3.8033)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2836 #343628

analogous

#282D36 #2A2836 #312836

triadic

#2A2836 #362A28 #28362A

tetradic

#2A2836 #36282D #343628 #283631

square

#2A2836 #36282D #343628 #283631

split-complementary

#2A2836 #363128 #2D3628

monochromatic

#0E0D12 #0F0E13 #2A2836 #454259 #615C7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#2A2836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#2A2836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2836

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2836	1.00	14.43	1.46	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 40, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.026 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63616d',
    500: '#2a2836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2836;
$custom-light: #63616d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28512,
    "c": 0.02553,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2836

secondary

#646753

accent

#B870AD

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050507

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2836

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

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