#2E2836#2E2836

#2E2836 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.026 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E2836
RGB	rgb(46, 40, 54)
HSL	hsl(266, 15%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(266, 26%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.30, 6.19, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.30, 10.13, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(28.94% 0.0149 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(28.94% 0.026 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.5512, 2.3648, 3.8114)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E2836 #303628

analogous

#282936 #2E2836 #352836

triadic

#2E2836 #362E28 #28362E

tetradic

#2E2836 #362829 #303628 #283635

square

#2E2836 #362829 #303628 #283635

split-complementary

#2E2836 #363528 #293628

monochromatic

#0F0D12 #100E13 #2E2836 #4C4259 #6A5C7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#2E2836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#2E2836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E2836

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E2836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E2836	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e2836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 40, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.026 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66616d',
    500: '#2e2836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e2836;
$custom-light: #66616d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e2836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28941,
    "c": 0.02642,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E2836

secondary

#5E6753

accent

#B87099

background

#F6F5F6

surface

#EBE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#060507

muted

#7A797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E2836

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

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