#262C2C#262C2C

#262C2C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.008 H 196.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#262C2C
RGB	rgb(38, 44, 44)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(180, 14%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.44, -2.62, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.44, 2.77, 198.82°)
OKLab	oklab(28.73% -0.0081 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(28.73% 0.008 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.1545, 2.3952, 2.7312)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#262C2C #2C2626

analogous

#262C29 #262C2C #26292C

triadic

#262C2C #2C262C #2C2C26

tetradic

#262C2C #29262C #2C2626 #292C26

square

#262C2C #29262C #2C2626 #292C26

split-complementary

#262C2C #2C2629 #2C2926

monochromatic

#0E1010 #0E1010 #262C2C #424D4D #5F6E6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.20

#262C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#262C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #262C2C

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##262C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##262C2C	1.00	14.20	1.48	14.20
#FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#242C2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #262c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 44, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.008 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#606565',
    500: '#262c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #262c2c;
$custom-light: #606565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#262c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.317,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28727,
    "c": 0.00845,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#262C2C

secondary

#5B5252

accent

#7777B0

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #262C2C

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

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