#2A2838#2A2838

#2A2838 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.029 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2838
RGB	rgb(42, 40, 56)
HSL	hsl(248, 17%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(248, 29%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 28.6%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.97, 5.15, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.97, 11.21, 297.33°)
OKLab	oklab(28.61% 0.01 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(28.61% 0.029 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.4273, 2.2953, 4.0558)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2838 #363828

analogous

#282E38 #2A2838 #322838

triadic

#2A2838 #382A28 #28382A

tetradic

#2A2838 #38282E #363828 #283832

square

#2A2838 #38282E #363828 #283832

split-complementary

#2A2838 #383228 #2E3828

monochromatic

#0D0D12 #0F0F14 #2A2838 #45425C #605B7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#2A2838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#2A2838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2838

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2838	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 40, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.029 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63616e',
    500: '#2a2838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2838;
$custom-light: #63616e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28614,
    "c": 0.02911,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2838

secondary

#666953

accent

#B96EB0

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EC

border

#C6C5C7

text

#050507

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2838

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

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