#282C2B#282C2B

#282C2B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.006 H 179.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C2B
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 43)
HSL	hsl(165, 5%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(165, 9%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 2.3%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.58, -2.02, 0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.58, 2.02, 178.84°)
OKLab	oklab(28.88% -0.006 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(28.88% 0.006 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.2117, 2.4269, 2.6369)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C2B #2C2829

analogous

#282C29 #282C2B #282B2C

triadic

#282C2B #2B282C #2C2B28

tetradic

#282C2B #29282C #2C2829 #2B2C28

square

#282C2B #29282C #2C2829 #2B2C28

split-complementary

#282C2B #2C282B #2C2928

monochromatic

#0F1010 #0F1010 #282C2B #454C4A #626C6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.14

#282C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#282C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C2B

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C2B	1.00	14.14	1.49	14.14
#FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272C2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.006 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616564',
    500: '#282c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c2b;
$custom-light: #616564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28877,
    "c": 0.00595,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C2B

secondary

#5B5556

accent

#7A87AE

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050505

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C2B

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

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