#2B232B#2B232B

#2B232B is a dark, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.019 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B232B
RGB	rgb(43, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(300, 10%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(300, 19%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.90, 5.61, -3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.90, 6.83, 325.27°)
OKLab	oklab(26.85% 0.0155 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(26.85% 0.019 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.0333, 1.8901, 2.5427)
Luminance	0.0189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B232B #232B23

analogous

#27232B #2B232B #2B2327

triadic

#2B232B #2B2B23 #232B2B

tetradic

#2B232B #2B2723 #232B23 #23272B

square

#2B232B #2B2723 #232B23 #23272B

split-complementary

#2B232B #272B23 #232B27

monochromatic

#110E11 #110E11 #2B232B #4D3E4D #6E5A6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.24

#2B232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#2B232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B232B

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B232B	1.00	15.24	1.38	15.24
#FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23252B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24262B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C2426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.019 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645d64',
    500: '#2b232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b232b;
$custom-light: #645d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26853,
    "c": 0.01863,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B232B

secondary

#4F5B4F

accent

#B37575

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050405

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B232B

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

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