Gunmetal#2A3439

#2A3439 is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.016 H 229.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Gunmetal — editorial page

Color values

HEX#2A3439
RGBrgb(42, 52, 57)
HSLhsl(200, 15%, 19%)
HSVhsv(200, 26%, 22%)
CMYKcmyk(26.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LABlab(20.99, -2.84, -4.55)
CIE-LCHlch(20.99, 5.36, 238.03°)
OKLaboklab(31.78% -0.0105 -0.0124)
OKLCHoklch(31.78% 0.016 229.5)
XYZxyz(2.9211, 3.2435, 4.3423)
Luminance0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2A3439 #392F2A
analogous
#2A3937 #2A3439 #2A2D39
triadic
#2A3439 #392A34 #34392A
tetradic
#2A3439 #372A39 #392F2A #2D392A
square
#2A3439 #372A39 #392F2A #2D392A
split-complementary
#2A3439 #392A2D #39372A
monochromatic
#0D1012 #101416 #2A3439 #44545C #5E747F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74
#2A3439 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65
#2A3439 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A3439
12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2A3439#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2A34391.0012.741.6512.74
#FFFFFF12.741.0021.001.00
#0000001.6521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.741.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#313339
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2F3239
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#263536
Achromatopsia (no color)
#323232

Related colors

#262F34
#232B2F
#202629
#1C2224
#191D1F
#15191B
#111416
#0D0F10
#060809
#000000
#3C464A
#50585C
#636B6F
#787F82
#8D9396
#A3A8AA
#B9BDBF
#D0D2D4
#E7E9E9
#FFFFFF
#2B3438
#2C3438
#2D3437
#2E3336

Palettes with this color

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2a3439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 52, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.016 229.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636b6f',
    500: '#2a3439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2a3439;
$custom-light: #636b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2a3439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 15.152,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3178,
    "c": 0.01624,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2A3439
secondary
#6A5C55
accent
#8870B8
background
#F5F6F6
surface
#EAEBEC
border
#C6C6C7
text
#050607
muted
#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A3439

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#2A3439 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva