#1E201C#1E201C

#1E201C is a very dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.008 H 128.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1E201C
RGB	rgb(30, 32, 28)
HSL	hsl(90, 7%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(90, 13%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 12.5%, 87.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.91, -1.92, 2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.91, 3.07, 128.67°)
OKLab	oklab(23.99% -0.005 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(23.99% 0.008 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.2615, 1.3929, 1.3008)
Luminance	0.0139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1E201C #1E1C20

analogous

#20201C #1E201C #1C201C

triadic

#1E201C #1C1E20 #201C1E

tetradic

#1E201C #1C2020 #1E1C20 #201C1C

square

#1E201C #1C2020 #1E1C20 #201C1C

split-complementary

#1E201C #1C1C20 #201C20

monochromatic

#0F100E #0F100E #1E201C #3D4139 #5B6155

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.42

#1E201C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#1E201C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1E201C

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1E201C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1E201C	1.00	16.42	1.28	16.42
#FFFFFF	16.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#201F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E201F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1e201c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(30, 32, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.008 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595b57',
    500: '#1e201c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1e201c;
$custom-light: #595b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1e201c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 30,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 6.667,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2399,
    "c": 0.00804,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1E201C

secondary

#4C484F

accent

#78B094

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9E9

border

#C5C5C5

text

#030403

muted

#787978

Preview Lab

Preview with #1E201C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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