#282824#282824

#282824 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.007 H 106.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282824
RGB	rgb(40, 40, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(60, 10%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.98, -0.93, 2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.98, 2.79, 109.41°)
OKLab	oklab(27.54% -0.0021 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(27.54% 0.007 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.9523, 2.0961, 1.9705)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282824 #242428

analogous

#282624 #282824 #262824

triadic

#282824 #242828 #282428

tetradic

#282824 #242826 #242428 #282426

square

#282824 #242826 #242428 #282426

split-complementary

#282824 #242628 #262428

monochromatic

#10100E #10100E #282824 #484841 #68685E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.80

#282824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#282824 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282824

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282824	1.00	14.80	1.42	14.80
#FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 40, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.007 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61615e',
    500: '#282824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282824;
$custom-light: #61615e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27539,
    "c": 0.0072,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282824

secondary

#515157

accent

#79AE79

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9E9

border

#C5C5C5

text

#050504

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #282824

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

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