#282C2A#282C2A

#282C2A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.007 H 164.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C2A
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 42)
HSL	hsl(150, 5%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(150, 9%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 4.5%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.55, -2.26, 0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.55, 2.36, 163.05°)
OKLab	oklab(28.84% -0.0065 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(28.84% 0.007 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.1936, 2.4196, 2.5415)
Luminance	0.0242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C2A #2C282A

analogous

#282C28 #282C2A #282C2C

triadic

#282C2A #2A282C #2C2A28

tetradic

#282C2A #28282C #2C282A #2C2C28

square

#282C2A #28282C #2C282A #2C2C28

split-complementary

#282C2A #2C282C #2C2828

monochromatic

#0F100F #0F100F #282C2A #454C49 #626C67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.15

#282C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#282C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C2A

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C2A	1.00	14.15	1.48	14.15
#FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272C2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.007 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616563',
    500: '#282c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c2a;
$custom-light: #616563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28839,
    "c": 0.00671,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C2A

secondary

#5B5558

accent

#7A94AE

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050505

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C2A

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

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