Information about #29242A color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #29242A reads as a quiet, subdued grey and leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Silhouette (#2A252C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Shadowland (#26272C) and Black Russian (#24252B).
In RGB terms — rgb(41, 36, 42) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #29242A background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 15.2:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.4:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:84) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#29242A color variations
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#29242A color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#29242A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#29242A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#29242A color hues
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#29242A color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #29242A color
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Nearest named colors to #29242A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#2A252C
#26272C
#24252B
#2A2525
#29272F
#2A2725
#27292D
#282A2C
#252525
#29292F
#2C2B2C
#242124
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#29242A
- RGB41, 36, 42
- CMYK0, 2, 0, 84
- CSSrgb(41, 36, 42)
- HSL290°, 8%, 15%
- HSL Precise290°, 7.692%, 15.294%
- HSV290°, 14%, 16%
- HSB290°, 14%, 16%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.161
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.141
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.165
- GLSLvec3(0.161, 0.141, 0.165)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.161, 0.141, 0.165, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.161, 0.141, 0.165)
- Percentage of Red in RGB16.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB14.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB16.5%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID29242A
- DECIMAL ID2696234
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers307 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
