#2E3440
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#2E3440 · Gunmetal
Click to copy#2E3440 is a dark, muted gray color, closest to Gunmetal and near Gunmetal and Jet. In OKLCH it has 32% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 264°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #2E3440 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 6 ColorSwoop palettes.
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#2E3440RGB
rgb(46, 52, 64)HSL
hsl(220, 16%, 22%)CMYK
28, 19, 0, 75CSS var
--gunmetalContrast
12.49:1 white · 1.68:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #2E3440
White text passes WCAG AA on #2E3440 (12.49:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.
For a calm scheme pair #2E3440 with its analogous neighbors #2F3E41 and #322F41; for contrast use its complement #413B2F as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.
--gunmetal: #2E3440;
$gunmetal: #2E3440;
colors: { 'gunmetal': '#2E3440' }