Color #2A2B26

The digital color #2A2B26 is classified in the Register under the Yellow Color Family, with Desaturated and Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(42, 43, 38) — 16.5% red, 16.9% green, 14.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 0 / 2 / 83. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#2A2B26 presents itself as a quiet, subdued balanced grey tone — one that leans clearly toward the dark side. In practice it works well for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Rangoon Green (#2B2E25). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Green Waterloo (#2C2D24) and Bokara Grey (#2A2725).

In RGB terms — rgb(42, 43, 38) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #2A2B26 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 14.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.5:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:83), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.