#272D2D#272D2D

#272D2D is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.008 H 196.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272D2D
RGB	rgb(39, 45, 45)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(180, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.91, -2.62, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.91, 2.76, 198.82°)
OKLab	oklab(29.13% -0.0081 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(29.13% 0.008 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.2486, 2.4975, 2.8457)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272D2D #2D2727

analogous

#272D2A #272D2D #272A2D

triadic

#272D2D #2D272D #2D2D27

tetradic

#272D2D #2A272D #2D2727 #2A2D27

square

#272D2D #2A272D #2D2727 #2A2D27

split-complementary

#272D2D #2D272A #2D2A27

monochromatic

#0E1010 #0E1010 #272D2D #434E4E #606F6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.00

#272D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#272D2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272D2D

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272D2D	1.00	14.00	1.50	14.00
#FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252D2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 45, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.008 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616565',
    500: '#272d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272d2d;
$custom-light: #616565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29132,
    "c": 0.00843,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272D2D

secondary

#5C5454

accent

#7878B0

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050505

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #272D2D

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

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