#2E3938

Closest named color: Onyx (#343A40). oklch(33.4% 0.015 189.7), rgb(46, 57, 56).

White text reads best on this color (11.94:1).

About this color

#2E3938 is a dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 33%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Onyx (#343A40), ΔE 0.018 away. White text reads best on it, at 11.94:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	dark (33%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Onyx (#343A40)
Black text	1.75:1
White text	11.94:1

Values

HEX	#2E3938
RGB	rgb(46, 57, 56)
HSL	hsl(175, 11%, 20%)
OKLCH	oklch(33.4% 0.015 189.7)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #2E3938	11.94:1	AAA	Lc -100.9	Preferred for body text
Black text on #2E3938	1.75:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable
#2E3938 text on white	11.94:1	AAA	Lc 97.4	Preferred for body text
#2E3938 text on black	1.75:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 900.

Step 50
50

#F4F6F6

oklch(97.2% 0.002 197.1)
Step 100
100

#E7EAEA

oklch(93.5% 0.003 197.1)
Step 200
200

#D5DADA

oklch(88.5% 0.005 197.1)
Step 300
300

#B9C3C2

oklch(80.9% 0.011 189.8)
Step 400
400

#95A4A3

oklch(70.7% 0.017 191.9)
Step 500
500

#7B8E8C

oklch(63.1% 0.022 188.9)
Step 600
600

#637876

oklch(55.5% 0.025 189.4)
Step 700
700

#526563

oklch(49% 0.023 188.6)
Step 800
800

#435251

oklch(42.5% 0.019 191.5)
Step 900
900 (this color)

#2E3938

oklch(33.4% 0.015 189.7)
Step 950
950

#212827

oklch(27% 0.01 186.1)

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#2E3938 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#383838	0.016
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#353638	0.014
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#2B3A39	0.005
Achromatopsia (no color)	#373737	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #2E3938, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #2E3938 in your product

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