HEX atlas value

#242E19

#242E19 is a cool green HEX color nearest Rubber. RGB 36, 46, 25, HSL 89° 30% 14%, luminance 0.024; view contrast and conversions.

green cool dark earth-tone

#242E19 Sample readable text

HEX #242E19

RGB rgb(36, 46, 25)

HSL hsl(89 30% 14%)

CMYK cmyk(22, 0, 46, 82)

Luminance 0.024

Contrast Black 1.48:1White 14.19:1

CSS

--color-242e19: #242E19;
.background-242e19 { background-color: #242E19; }
.text-242e19 { color: #242E19; }

HEX meaning and use

About #242E19

#242E19 is classified as a cool green value with dark and earth tone visual character. #242E19 is visually closest to Rubber, a named gray color with HEX #2A2725.

The RGB channels are 36, 46, and 25, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 89deg with 30% saturation and 14% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.024, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 15.13, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.48:1AA Fail

White text14.19:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #242E19 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.48:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF14.19:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

Black#000000 · #FFFFFF text · best 21:1 Carbon Fiber#1C1C1C · #FFFFFF text · best 17.05:1 #23192E#23192E · #FFFFFF text · best 16.8:1 Raisin#242124 · #FFFFFF text · best 15.93:1 #242721#242721 · #FFFFFF text · best 15.13:1

Generated Palette

#242E19#242E19

#23192E#23192E

#2E2E19#2E2E19

#192E19#192E19

#526A39#526A39

Black#000000

Color Harmonies

#23192E#23192E

#2E2E19#2E2E19

#192E19#192E19

#19242E#19242E

#2E1924#2E1924

Variants

#526A39#526A39

Black#000000

#243611#243611

#242721#242721

#647255#647255

#3A7000#3A7000

Nearest Named Colors

Rubber#2A2725

Raisin#242124

Slate Black#26282A

Asphalt#2B2B2B

Carbon Fiber#1C1C1C

Luminance0.024

Black text1.48:1AA Fail

White text14.19:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#242E19","rgb":[36,46,25],"hsl":[89,30,14],"cmyk":[22,0,46,82],"luminance":0.024,"contrast":{"black":1.48,"white":14.19}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.48,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":14.19,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Black","hex":"#000000","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1,"contrastWhite":21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Carbon Fiber","hex":"#1C1C1C","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.23,"contrastWhite":17.05,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#23192E","hex":"#23192E","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.25,"contrastWhite":16.8,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Raisin","hex":"#242124","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.32,"contrastWhite":15.93,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#242721","hex":"#242721","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.39,"contrastWhite":15.13,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","dark","earth tone","dark green","earth tone green","Rubber adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","dark theme accents","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/242e19.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/rubber.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/raisin.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/slate-black.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#23192E","analogous":["#2E2E19","#192E19"],"triadic":["#19242E","#2E1924"],"tetradic":["#192E2E","#23192E","#2E1919"],"splitComplementary":["#19192E","#2E192E"],"monochromatic":["#526A39","#242E19","#000000"]}

Variants

{"light":"#526A39","dark":"#000000","saturated":"#243611","desaturated":"#242721","pastel":"#647255","neon":"#3A7000"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"rubber","name":"Rubber","hex":"#2A2725","distance":15.132745950421556},{"slug":"raisin","name":"Raisin","hex":"#242124","distance":17.029386365926403},{"slug":"slate-black","name":"Slate Black","hex":"#26282A","distance":18.138357147217054},{"slug":"asphalt","name":"Asphalt","hex":"#2B2B2B","distance":19.544820285692065},{"slug":"carbon-fiber","name":"Carbon Fiber","hex":"#1C1C1C","distance":19.924858845171276}]

#242E19

CSS

About #242E19

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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