#2C242B#2C242B

#2C242B is a dark, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.017 H 330.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C242B
RGB	rgb(44, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(308, 10%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(308, 18%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 2.3%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.34, 5.35, -3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.34, 6.25, 328.91°)
OKLab	oklab(27.22% 0.015 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(27.22% 0.017 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.1056, 1.9717, 2.5547)
Luminance	0.0197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C242B #242C25

analogous

#29242C #2C242B #2C2427

triadic

#2C242B #2B2C24 #242B2C

tetradic

#2C242B #2C2924 #242C25 #24272C

square

#2C242B #2C2924 #242C25 #24272C

split-complementary

#2C242B #272C24 #242C29

monochromatic

#110E10 #110E10 #2C242B #4E404C #6F5B6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.06

#2C242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#2C242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C242B

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C242B	1.00	15.06	1.39	15.06
#FFFFFF	15.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24262B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25272B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.017 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655e64',
    500: '#2c242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c242b;
$custom-light: #655e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2722,
    "c": 0.01724,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C242B

secondary

#505C51

accent

#B37D75

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#EBE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050405

muted

#7A7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C242B

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

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