#282C29#282C29

#282C29 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.008 H 153.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C29
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 41)
HSL	hsl(135, 5%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(135, 9%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 6.8%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.52, -2.50, 1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.52, 2.84, 151.85°)
OKLab	oklab(28.8% -0.007 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(28.8% 0.008 153.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.1759, 2.4126, 2.4484)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C29 #2C282B

analogous

#292C28 #282C29 #282C2B

triadic

#282C29 #29282C #2C2928

tetradic

#282C29 #28292C #2C282B #2C2B28

square

#282C29 #28292C #2C282B #2C2B28

split-complementary

#282C29 #2B282C #2C2829

monochromatic

#0F100F #0F100F #282C29 #454C47 #626C65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.16

#282C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#282C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C29

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C29	1.00	14.16	1.48	14.16
#FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272C2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.008 153.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616562',
    500: '#282c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c29;
$custom-light: #616562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28803,
    "c": 0.00782,
    "h": 153.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C29

secondary

#5B5559

accent

#7AA1AE

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050505

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C29

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

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