Information about #242522 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #242522 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 Black Chestnut Oak (#252321). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Nero (#252525) and Plock Gray (#232224).
In RGB terms — rgb(36, 37, 34) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #242522 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 15.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.4:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:85) — 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.
#242522 color variations
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#242522 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#242522 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#242522 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#242522 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#242522 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 #242522 color
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Nearest named colors to #242522
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#252321
#252525
#232224
#242124
#212121
#27221F
#292421
#26211F
#282020
#2A2525
#2A2725
#2A2922
#242522 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#242522
- RGB36, 37, 34
- CMYK0, 0, 1, 85
- CSSrgb(36, 37, 34)
- HSL80°, 4%, 14%
- HSL Precise80°, 4.225%, 13.922%
- HSV80°, 8%, 15%
- HSB80°, 8%, 15%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.141
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.145
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.133
- GLSLvec3(0.141, 0.145, 0.133)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.141, 0.145, 0.133, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.141, 0.145, 0.133)
- Percentage of Red in RGB14.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB14.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB13.3%
- Color FamilyChartreuse
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID242522
- DECIMAL ID2368802
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
