#272E2E#272E2E

#272E2E is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.010 H 196.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272E2E
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(180, 8%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(180, 15%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.29, -3.03, -1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.29, 3.20, 198.75°)
OKLab	oklab(29.44% -0.0093 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(29.44% 0.01 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.3067, 2.5825, 2.9612)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272E2E #2E2727

analogous

#272E2B #272E2E #272B2E

triadic

#272E2E #2E272E #2E2E27

tetradic

#272E2E #2B272E #2E2727 #2B2E27

square

#272E2E #2B272E #2E2727 #2B2E27

split-complementary

#272E2E #2E272B #2E2B27

monochromatic

#0E1111 #0E1111 #272E2E #434F4F #5F7070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.85

#272E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#272E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272E2E

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272E2E	1.00	13.85	1.52	13.85
#FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252F2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.010 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616666',
    500: '#272e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272e2e;
$custom-light: #616666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 8.235,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29444,
    "c": 0.00976,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272E2E

secondary

#5D5353

accent

#7777B1

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050606

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #272E2E

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

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