#2C262E#2C262E

#2C262E is a dark, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.017 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C262E
RGB	rgb(44, 38, 46)
HSL	hsl(285, 10%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(285, 17%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.10, 4.67, -4.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.10, 6.29, 317.91°)
OKLab	oklab(27.85% 0.0124 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(27.85% 0.017 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.2249, 2.1190, 2.8760)
Luminance	0.0212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C262E #282E26

analogous

#28262E #2C262E #2E262C

triadic

#2C262E #2E2C26 #262E2C

tetradic

#2C262E #2E2826 #282E26 #262C2E

square

#2C262E #2E2826 #282E26 #262C2E

split-complementary

#2C262E #2C2E26 #262E28

monochromatic

#100E11 #100E11 #2C262E #4C4250 #6C5D71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.75

#2C262E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#2C262E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C262E

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C262E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C262E	1.00	14.75	1.42	14.75
#FFFFFF	14.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25282E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26282E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C2729

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c262e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 38, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.017 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#656066',
    500: '#2c262e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c262e;
$custom-light: #656066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c262e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2785,
    "c": 0.01679,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C262E

secondary

#555E52

accent

#B37585

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#EBE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050406

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C262E

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