#282A2A#282A2A

#282A2A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.003 H 196.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A2A
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 42)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.86, -0.89, -0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.86, 0.95, 199.23°)
OKLab	oklab(28.3% -0.0028 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(28.3% 0.003 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.1209, 2.2742, 2.5173)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A2A #2A2828

analogous

#282A29 #282A2A #28292A

triadic

#282A2A #2A282A #2A2A28

tetradic

#282A2A #29282A #2A2828 #292A28

square

#282A2A #29282A #2A2828 #292A28

split-complementary

#282A2A #2A2829 #2A2928

monochromatic

#0F1010 #0F1010 #282A2A #464949 #646969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#282A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#282A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A2A

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A2A	1.00	14.43	1.45	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29292A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272A2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.003 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616363',
    500: '#282a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a2a;
$custom-light: #616363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.439,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28298,
    "c": 0.00288,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A2A

secondary

#585555

accent

#7C7CAC

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9EAEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050505

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A2A

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

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