#282A2E#282A2E

#282A2E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.008 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A2E
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 46)
HSL	hsl(220, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(220, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 8.7%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.01, 0.13, -2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.01, 2.91, 272.53°)
OKLab	oklab(28.46% -0.0008 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(28.46% 0.008 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.1961, 2.3043, 2.9133)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A2E #2E2C28

analogous

#282D2E #282A2E #29282E

triadic

#282A2E #2E282A #2A2E28

tetradic

#282A2E #2E282D #2E2C28 #282E29

square

#282A2E #2E282D #2E2C28 #282E29

split-complementary

#282A2E #2E2928 #2D2E28

monochromatic

#0E0F10 #0E0F10 #282A2E #44484F #61666F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.38

#282A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#282A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A2E

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A2E	1.00	14.38	1.46	14.38
#FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#282A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272B2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.008 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616366',
    500: '#282a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a2e;
$custom-light: #616366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28459,
    "c": 0.00785,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A2E

secondary

#5D5A55

accent

#9D78B0

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A2E

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

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