#262C2E#262C2E

#262C2E is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.009 H 219.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#262C2E
RGB	rgb(38, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(195, 10%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(195, 17%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.51, -2.09, -2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.51, 3.03, 226.23°)
OKLab	oklab(28.81% -0.0071 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(28.81% 0.009 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.1930, 2.4106, 2.9340)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#262C2E #2E2826

analogous

#262E2C #262C2E #26282E

triadic

#262C2E #2E262C #2C2E26

tetradic

#262C2E #2C262E #2E2826 #282E26

square

#262C2E #2C262E #2E2826 #282E26

split-complementary

#262C2E #2E2628 #2E2C26

monochromatic

#0E1011 #0E1011 #262C2E #424C50 #5D6C71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.17

#262C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#262C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #262C2E

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##262C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##262C2E	1.00	14.17	1.48	14.17
#FFFFFF	14.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#242D2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #262c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.009 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#606566',
    500: '#262c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #262c2e;
$custom-light: #606566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#262c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28807,
    "c": 0.00922,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#262C2E

secondary

#5E5552

accent

#8575B3

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040506

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #262C2E

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

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