#2A4240#2A4240

#2A4240 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.030 H 189.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4240
RGB	rgb(42, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(175, 22%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(175, 36%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 0%, 3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, -9.80, -1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 9.95, 190.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% -0.0296 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.03 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.8282, 4.7586, 5.5663)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4240 #422A2C

analogous

#2A4234 #2A4240 #2A3842

triadic

#2A4240 #402A42 #42402A

tetradic

#2A4240 #342A42 #422A2C #38422A

square

#2A4240 #342A42 #422A2C #38422A

split-complementary

#2A4240 #422A38 #42342A

monochromatic

#0C1312 #121D1C #2A4240 #426764 #5A8D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#2A4240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#2A4240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4240

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4240	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.030 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647674',
    500: '#2a4240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4240;
$custom-light: #647674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35872,
    "c": 0.02998,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4240

secondary

#735457

accent

#6970BF

background

#F6F7F7

surface

#EBEDED

border

#C6C8C8

text

#050808

muted

#7A7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4240

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

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