#262C2A#262C2A

#262C2A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.009 H 173.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#262C2A
RGB	rgb(38, 44, 42)
HSL	hsl(160, 7%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(160, 14%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 4.5%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.37, -3.14, 0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.37, 3.16, 172.68°)
OKLab	oklab(28.65% -0.0091 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(28.65% 0.009 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.1178, 2.3806, 2.5380)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#262C2A #2C2628

analogous

#262C27 #262C2A #262B2C

triadic

#262C2A #2A262C #2C2A26

tetradic

#262C2A #27262C #2C2628 #2B2C26

square

#262C2A #27262C #2C2628 #2B2C26

split-complementary

#262C2A #2C262B #2C2726

monochromatic

#0E1010 #0E1010 #262C2A #424D49 #5F6E69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.23

#262C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#262C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #262C2A

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##262C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##262C2A	1.00	14.23	1.48	14.23
#FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252C2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #262c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 44, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.009 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#606563',
    500: '#262c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #262c2a;
$custom-light: #606563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#262c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 7.317,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2865,
    "c": 0.00919,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#262C2A

secondary

#5B5255

accent

#778AB0

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #262C2A

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

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