#282A2D#282A2D

#282A2D is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.006 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A2D
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 45)
HSL	hsl(216, 6%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(216, 11%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 6.7%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.97, -0.13, -2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.97, 2.26, 266.61°)
OKLab	oklab(28.42% -0.0012 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(28.42% 0.006 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.1766, 2.2965, 2.8107)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A2D #2D2B28

analogous

#282D2D #282A2D #29282D

triadic

#282A2D #2D282A #2A2D28

tetradic

#282A2D #2D282D #2D2B28 #282D29

square

#282A2D #2D282D #2D2B28 #282D29

split-complementary

#282A2D #2D2928 #2D2D28

monochromatic

#0E0F10 #0E0F10 #282A2D #45484D #62666E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#282A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#282A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A2D

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A2D	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272B2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.006 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616365',
    500: '#282a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a2d;
$custom-light: #616365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28418,
    "c": 0.00619,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A2D

secondary

#5C5955

accent

#9979AF

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050505

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A2D

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

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