#2A3238#2A3238

#2A3238 is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.015 H 240.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A3238
RGB	rgb(42, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(206, 14%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(206, 25%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 10.7%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.28, -1.78, -4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.28, 5.25, 250.15°)
OKLab	oklab(31.2% -0.0076 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(31.2% 0.015 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.8091, 3.0589, 4.1830)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A3238 #38302A

analogous

#2A3837 #2A3238 #2A2B38

triadic

#2A3238 #382A32 #32382A

tetradic

#2A3238 #372A38 #38302A #2B382A

square

#2A3238 #372A38 #38302A #2B382A

split-complementary

#2A3238 #382A2B #38372A

monochromatic

#0D1011 #101315 #2A3238 #44515B #5E707E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.03

#2A3238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#2A3238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A3238

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A3238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A3238	1.00	13.03	1.61	13.03
#FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263334

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a3238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.015 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63696e',
    500: '#2a3238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a3238;
$custom-light: #63696e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a3238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31202,
    "c": 0.01541,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A3238

secondary

#685E55

accent

#8F71B7

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050607

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A3238

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

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