Information about #2E2E2E color

#2E2E2E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #2E2E2E belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, featuring Desaturated and Dark brightness. In numbers: rgb(46, 46, 46) (18% red, 18% green, 18% blue), or CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 82 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A softly muted balanced grey tone, #2E2E2E stays on the darker end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Element (#2C2F2F). Slightly further away sit Shadow Match (#312F2C) and Pitch Black (#2C2B2C).

Under the hood all three RGB channels are equal (46 each), placing #2E2E2E exactly on the neutral axis of the color space. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #2E2E2E: 13.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.5:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:82) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#2E2E2E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#2E2E2E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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#575757

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#818181

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#ABABAB

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#D5D5D5

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White

#FFFFFF

#2E2E2E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#2E2E2E
#242424

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Eerie Black

#1B1B1B
#121212

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#090909

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Black

#000000

#2E2E2E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#2E2E2E
#3E3E3E

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#4E4E4E

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#5E5E5E

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#6F6F6F

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Grey

#808080

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#2E2E2E belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to #2E2E2E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Element color link
Element

#2C2F2F

Shadow Match color link
Shadow Match

#312F2C

Pitch Black color link
Pitch Black

#2C2B2C

Metallic Black color link
Metallic Black

#2C2C2B

Nocturnal color link
Nocturnal

#2F3131

Griffin Graphite color link
Griffin Graphite

#2B2F31

Foundry color link
Foundry

#2C2E32

Cod Grey color link
Cod Grey

#2D3032

Bastille color link
Bastille

#2C2C32

Night Rider color link
Night Rider

#332E2E

Sheer Black color link
Sheer Black

#332F2F

Woodsmoke color link
Woodsmoke

#2B3230

#2E2E2E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#2E2E2E
  • RGB46, 46, 46
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 82
  • CSSrgb(46, 46, 46)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 18%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 18.039%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 18%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 18%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.180
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.180
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.180
  • GLSLvec3(0.180, 0.180, 0.180)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.180, 0.180, 0.180, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.180, 0.180, 0.180)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB18%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB18%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB18%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID2E2E2E
  • DECIMAL ID3026478
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers119 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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