#282B2E#282B2E

#282B2E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.007 H 248.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282B2E
RGB	rgb(40, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(210, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(210, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 6.5%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.35, -0.56, -2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.35, 2.47, 256.82°)
OKLab	oklab(28.73% -0.0026 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(28.73% 0.007 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.2320, 2.3761, 2.9253)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282B2E #2E2B28

analogous

#282E2E #282B2E #28282E

triadic

#282B2E #2E282B #2B2E28

tetradic

#282B2E #2E282E #2E2B28 #282E28

square

#282B2E #2E282E #2E2B28 #282E28

split-complementary

#282B2E #2E2828 #2E2E28

monochromatic

#0E0F10 #0E0F10 #282B2E #444A4F #61686F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.24

#282B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#282B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282B2E

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282B2E	1.00	14.24	1.48	14.24
#FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272C2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.007 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616466',
    500: '#282b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282b2e;
$custom-light: #616466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28726,
    "c": 0.00696,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282B2E

secondary

#5D5955

accent

#9478B0

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282B2E

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

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