#262B2B#262B2B

#262B2B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.007 H 196.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#262B2B
RGB	rgb(38, 43, 43)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(180, 12%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.06, -2.20, -0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.06, 2.33, 198.91°)
OKLab	oklab(28.41% -0.0068 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(28.41% 0.007 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.0992, 2.3142, 2.6211)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#262B2B #2B2626

analogous

#262B28 #262B2B #26282B

triadic

#262B2B #2B262B #2B2B26

tetradic

#262B2B #28262B #2B2626 #282B26

square

#262B2B #28262B #2B2626 #282B26

split-complementary

#262B2B #2B2628 #2B2826

monochromatic

#0E1010 #0E1010 #262B2B #434B4B #5F6C6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#262B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#262B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #262B2B

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##262B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##262B2B	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252B2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #262b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 43, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.007 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#606464',
    500: '#262b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #262b2b;
$custom-light: #606464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#262b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.173,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28414,
    "c": 0.00709,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#262B2B

secondary

#5A5353

accent

#7979AF

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9EAEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #262B2B

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

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