#28282D#28282D

#28282D is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.009 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28282D
RGB	rgb(40, 40, 45)
HSL	hsl(240, 6%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.30, 1.26, -3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.30, 3.50, 291.10°)
OKLab	oklab(27.89% 0.0025 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(27.89% 0.009 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.1074, 2.1581, 2.7877)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28282D #2D2D28

analogous

#282B2D #28282D #2B282D

triadic

#28282D #2D2828 #282D28

tetradic

#28282D #2D282B #2D2D28 #282D2B

square

#28282D #2D282B #2D2D28 #282D2B

split-complementary

#28282D #2D2B28 #2B2D28

monochromatic

#0E0E10 #0E0E10 #28282D #45454D #62626E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.67

#28282D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#28282D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28282D

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28282D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28282D	1.00	14.67	1.43	14.67
#FFFFFF	14.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27292D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27282D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27292A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28282d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 40, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.009 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616165',
    500: '#28282d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28282d;
$custom-light: #616165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28282d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27888,
    "c": 0.00911,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28282D

secondary

#5C5C55

accent

#AF79AF

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#050505

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #28282D

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

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