#2E2D2B#2E2D2B

#2E2D2B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.004 H 84.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E2D2B
RGB	rgb(46, 45, 43)
HSL	hsl(40, 3%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(40, 7%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 6.5%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.51, -0.01, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.51, 1.45, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(29.75% 0.0004 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(29.75% 0.004 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.5011, 2.6320, 2.6613)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E2D2B #2B2C2E

analogous

#2E2B2B #2E2D2B #2E2E2B

triadic

#2E2D2B #2B2E2D #2D2B2E

tetradic

#2E2D2B #2B2E2B #2B2C2E #2E2B2E

square

#2E2D2B #2B2E2B #2B2C2E #2E2B2E

split-complementary

#2E2D2B #2B2E2E #2B2B2E

monochromatic

#100F0F #100F0F #2E2D2B #4E4C49 #6D6B66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.76

#2E2D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#2E2D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E2D2B

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E2D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E2D2B	1.00	13.76	1.53	13.76
#FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2D2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e2d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 45, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.004 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666564',
    500: '#2e2d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e2d2b;
$custom-light: #666564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e2d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 3.371,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29746,
    "c": 0.00384,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E2D2B

secondary

#585A5D

accent

#8CAD7B

background

#F6F6F5

surface

#EBEBEA

border

#C6C6C6

text

#060505

muted

#7A7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E2D2B

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

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