#282826#282826

#282826 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.004 H 106.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282826
RGB	rgb(40, 40, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 3%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.05, -0.47, 1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.05, 1.40, 109.74°)
OKLab	oklab(27.61% -0.001 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(27.61% 0.004 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9837, 2.1086, 2.1359)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282826 #262628

analogous

#282726 #282826 #272826

triadic

#282826 #262828 #282628

tetradic

#282826 #262827 #262628 #282627

square

#282826 #262827 #262628 #282627

split-complementary

#282826 #262728 #272628

monochromatic

#10100F #10100F #282826 #474744 #676762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.77

#282826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#282826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282826

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282826	1.00	14.77	1.42	14.77
#FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#282826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282827

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 40, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.004 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616160',
    500: '#282826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282826;
$custom-light: #616160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.564,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2761,
    "c": 0.00361,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282826

secondary

#535356

accent

#7CAC7C

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9E9

border

#C5C5C5

text

#050504

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #282826

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

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