#28282E#28282E

#28282E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.011 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28282E
RGB	rgb(40, 40, 46)
HSL	hsl(240, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 13%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.33, 1.52, -3.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.33, 4.20, 291.29°)
OKLab	oklab(27.93% 0.003 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(27.93% 0.011 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.1269, 2.1659, 2.8903)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28282E #2E2E28

analogous

#282B2E #28282E #2B282E

triadic

#28282E #2E2828 #282E28

tetradic

#28282E #2E282B #2E2E28 #282E2B

square

#28282E #2E282B #2E2E28 #282E2B

split-complementary

#28282E #2E2B28 #2B2E28

monochromatic

#0E0E10 #0E0E10 #28282E #44444F #61616F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.65

#28282E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#28282E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28282E

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28282E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28282E	1.00	14.65	1.43	14.65
#FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27292E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26282E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27292A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28282e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 40, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.011 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616166',
    500: '#28282e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28282e;
$custom-light: #616166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28282e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27931,
    "c": 0.01094,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28282E

secondary

#5D5D55

accent

#B078B0

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#050506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #28282E

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

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