#2E272E#2E272E

#2E272E is a dark, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.016 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E272E
RGB	rgb(46, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(300, 15%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.65, 4.85, -3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.65, 5.91, 325.12°)
OKLab	oklab(28.33% 0.0133 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(28.33% 0.016 326)
XYZ	xyz(2.3453, 2.2292, 2.8910)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E272E #272E27

analogous

#2B272E #2E272E #2E272B

triadic

#2E272E #2E2E27 #272E2E

tetradic

#2E272E #2E2B27 #272E27 #272B2E

square

#2E272E #2E2B27 #272E27 #272B2E

split-complementary

#2E272E #2B2E27 #272E2B

monochromatic

#110E11 #110E11 #2E272E #4F434F #705F70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#2E272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2E272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E272E

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E272E	1.00	14.52	1.45	14.52
#FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27292E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28292E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2829

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.016 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666166',
    500: '#2e272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e272e;
$custom-light: #666166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 8.235,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28329,
    "c": 0.01609,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.02229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E272E

secondary

#535D53

accent

#B17777

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#EBE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#060506

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E272E

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

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