#2B252E#2B252E

#2B252E is a dark, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.018 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B252E
RGB	rgb(43, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(280, 11%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(280, 20%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.66, 4.94, -4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.66, 6.95, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(27.49% 0.0129 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(27.49% 0.018 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.1509, 2.0340, 2.8635)
Luminance	0.0203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B252E #282E25

analogous

#27252E #2B252E #2E252D

triadic

#2B252E #2E2B25 #252E2B

tetradic

#2B252E #2E2725 #282E25 #252D2E

square

#2B252E #2E2725 #282E25 #252D2E

split-complementary

#2B252E #2D2E25 #252E27

monochromatic

#100E11 #100E11 #2B252E #4B4050 #6A5C72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.93

#2B252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#2B252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B252E

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B252E	1.00	14.93	1.41	14.93
#FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24272E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25272E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2628

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.018 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645f66',
    500: '#2b252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b252e;
$custom-light: #645f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 10.843,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27486,
    "c": 0.01841,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B252E

secondary

#555E51

accent

#B47489

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050406

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B252E

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

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