#2E2A28#2E2A28

#2E2A28 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.007 H 48.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E2A28
RGB	rgb(46, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(20, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(20, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 13%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.41, 1.38, 1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.41, 2.40, 54.88°)
OKLab	oklab(28.86% 0.0046 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(28.86% 0.007 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.3376, 2.3900, 2.3452)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2E2A28 #282C2E

analogous

#2E2829 #2E2A28 #2E2D28

triadic

#2E2A28 #282E2A #2A282E

tetradic

#2E2A28 #292E28 #282C2E #2D282E

square

#2E2A28 #292E28 #282C2E #2D282E

split-complementary

#2E2A28 #282E2D #28292E

monochromatic

#100F0E #100F0E #2E2A28 #4F4844 #6F6661

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.21

#2E2A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#2E2A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E2A28

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E2A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E2A28	1.00	14.21	1.48	14.21
#FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2929

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e2a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.007 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666361',
    500: '#2e2a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e2a28;
$custom-light: #666361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e2a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28858,
    "c": 0.00691,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E2A28

secondary

#555A5D

accent

#9DB078

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#EBEAE9

border

#C6C6C5

text

#060505

muted

#7A7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E2A28

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

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