#262C2B#262C2B

#262C2B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.009 H 184.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#262C2B
RGB	rgb(38, 44, 43)
HSL	hsl(170, 7%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(170, 14%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 2.3%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.40, -2.88, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.40, 2.89, 184.88°)
OKLab	oklab(28.69% -0.0086 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(28.69% 0.009 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.1360, 2.3878, 2.6334)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#262C2B #2C2627

analogous

#262C28 #262C2B #262A2C

triadic

#262C2B #2B262C #2C2B26

tetradic

#262C2B #28262C #2C2627 #2A2C26

square

#262C2B #28262C #2C2627 #2A2C26

split-complementary

#262C2B #2C262A #2C2826

monochromatic

#0E1010 #0E1010 #262C2B #424D4B #5F6E6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.21

#262C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#262C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #262C2B

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##262C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##262C2B	1.00	14.21	1.48	14.21
#FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252C2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #262c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 44, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.009 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#606564',
    500: '#262c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #262c2b;
$custom-light: #606564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#262c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 7.317,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28688,
    "c": 0.00864,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#262C2B

secondary

#5B5254

accent

#7781B0

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #262C2B

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

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