#2A4242#2A4242

#2A4242 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.030 H 195.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4242
RGB	rgb(42, 66, 66)
HSL	hsl(180, 22%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(180, 36%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 0%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, -9.23, -2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 9.70, 197.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% -0.0286 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.03 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.8861, 4.7818, 5.8714)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4242 #422A2A

analogous

#2A4236 #2A4242 #2A3642

triadic

#2A4242 #422A42 #42422A

tetradic

#2A4242 #362A42 #422A2A #36422A

square

#2A4242 #362A42 #422A2A #36422A

split-complementary

#2A4242 #422A36 #42362A

monochromatic

#0C1313 #121D1D #2A4242 #426767 #5A8D8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#2A4242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#2A4242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4242

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4242	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 66, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.030 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657676',
    500: '#2a4242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4242;
$custom-light: #657676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35949,
    "c": 0.02972,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4242

secondary

#735454

accent

#6969BF

background

#F6F7F7

surface

#EBEDED

border

#C6C8C8

text

#050808

muted

#7A7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4242

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

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