#2E2C38#2E2C38

#2E2C38 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.022 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E2C38
RGB	rgb(46, 44, 56)
HSL	hsl(250, 12%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(250, 21%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 21.4%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.66, 3.93, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.66, 8.32, 298.19°)
OKLab	oklab(30.03% 0.0083 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(30.03% 0.022 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.7411, 2.6677, 4.1111)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E2C38 #36382C

analogous

#2C3038 #2E2C38 #342C38

triadic

#2E2C38 #382E2C #2C382E

tetradic

#2E2C38 #382C30 #36382C #2C3834

square

#2E2C38 #382C30 #36382C #2C3834

split-complementary

#2E2C38 #38342C #30382C

monochromatic

#0E0D11 #121116 #2E2C38 #4A475A #66627D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.69

#2E2C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#2E2C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E2C38

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E2C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E2C38	1.00	13.69	1.53	13.69
#FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C2E30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e2c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 44, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.022 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66656e',
    500: '#2e2c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e2c38;
$custom-light: #66656e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e2c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30028,
    "c": 0.02162,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E2C38

secondary

#656858

accent

#B573AA

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#EBEBEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#060507

muted

#7A7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E2C38

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

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