#262C28#262C28

#262C28 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.011 H 156.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#262C28
RGB	rgb(38, 44, 40)
HSL	hsl(140, 7%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(140, 14%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 9.1%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.30, -3.63, 1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.30, 4.01, 154.86°)
OKLab	oklab(28.58% -0.0102 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(28.58% 0.011 156.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.0829, 2.3666, 2.3541)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#262C28 #2C262A

analogous

#272C26 #262C28 #262C2B

triadic

#262C28 #28262C #2C2826

tetradic

#262C28 #26272C #2C262A #2C2B26

square

#262C28 #26272C #2C262A #2C2B26

split-complementary

#262C28 #2B262C #2C2627

monochromatic

#0E100F #0E100F #262C28 #424D46 #5F6E64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.25

#262C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#262C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #262C28

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##262C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##262C28	1.00	14.25	1.47	14.25
#FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252C2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #262c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 44, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.011 156.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#606561',
    500: '#262c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #262c28;
$custom-light: #606561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#262c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 7.317,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28577,
    "c": 0.01112,
    "h": 156.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#262C28

secondary

#5B5258

accent

#779DB0

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBE9

border

#C5C6C5

text

#040505

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #262C28

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

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