#2A2A28#2A2A28

#2A2A28 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.004 H 106.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2A28
RGB	rgb(42, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.8%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.00, -0.47, 1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.00, 1.39, 109.79°)
OKLab	oklab(28.43% -0.001 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(28.43% 0.004 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.1658, 2.3014, 2.3372)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2A28 #28282A

analogous

#2A2928 #2A2A28 #292A28

triadic

#2A2A28 #282A2A #2A282A

tetradic

#2A2A28 #282A29 #28282A #2A2829

square

#2A2A28 #282A29 #28282A #2A2829

split-complementary

#2A2A28 #28292A #29282A

monochromatic

#10100F #10100F #2A2A28 #494946 #696964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.38

#2A2A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#2A2A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2A28

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2A28	1.00	14.38	1.46	14.38
#FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2A29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.004 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636361',
    500: '#2a2a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2a28;
$custom-light: #636361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.439,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28427,
    "c": 0.00359,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2A28

secondary

#555558

accent

#7CAC7C

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAEAE9

border

#C6C6C5

text

#050505

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2A28

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

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