#282C26#282C26

#282C26 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.012 H 135.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C26
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 38)
HSL	hsl(100, 7%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(100, 14%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 13.6%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.42, -3.21, 3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.42, 4.60, 134.20°)
OKLab	oklab(28.7% -0.0086 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(28.7% 0.012 135)
XYZ	xyz(2.1255, 2.3924, 2.1831)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C26 #2A262C

analogous

#2B2C26 #282C26 #262C27

triadic

#282C26 #26282C #2C2628

tetradic

#282C26 #262B2C #2A262C #2C2726

square

#282C26 #262B2C #2A262C #2C2726

split-complementary

#282C26 #27262C #2C262B

monochromatic

#0F100E #0F100E #282C26 #464D42 #646E5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.20

#282C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#282C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C26

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C26	1.00	14.20	1.48	14.20
#FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282B2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.012 135.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616560',
    500: '#282c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c26;
$custom-light: #616560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 7.317,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28698,
    "c": 0.01213,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.02392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C26

secondary

#58525B

accent

#77B09D

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBE9

border

#C5C6C5

text

#050504

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C26

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

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