#282A32#282A32

#282A32 is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.015 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A32
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 50)
HSL	hsl(228, 11%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(228, 20%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 16%, 0%, 80.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.17, 1.21, -5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.17, 5.61, 282.50°)
OKLab	oklab(28.63% 0.0011 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(28.63% 0.015 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.2786, 2.3373, 3.3481)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A32 #323028

analogous

#282F32 #282A32 #2B2832

triadic

#282A32 #32282A #2A3228

tetradic

#282A32 #32282F #323028 #28322B

square

#282A32 #32282F #323028 #28322B

split-complementary

#282A32 #322B28 #2F3228

monochromatic

#0E0E11 #0E0E11 #282A32 #434754 #5E6376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.31

#282A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#282A32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A32

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A32	1.00	14.31	1.47	14.31
#FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262B2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.015 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626369',
    500: '#282a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a32;
$custom-light: #626369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28634,
    "c": 0.01489,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A32

secondary

#625F54

accent

#A774B4

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAEAEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A32

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

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