#282C2E#282C2E

#282C2E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.007 H 229.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C2E
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(200, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(200, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 4.3%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.69, -1.25, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.69, 2.27, 236.66°)
OKLab	oklab(28.99% -0.0044 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(28.99% 0.007 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.2688, 2.4497, 2.9375)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C2E #2E2A28

analogous

#282E2D #282C2E #28292E

triadic

#282C2E #2E282C #2C2E28

tetradic

#282C2E #2D282E #2E2A28 #292E28

square

#282C2E #2D282E #2E2A28 #292E28

split-complementary

#282C2E #2E2829 #2E2D28

monochromatic

#0E1010 #0E1010 #282C2E #444B4F #616B6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.09

#282C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#282C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C2E

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C2E	1.00	14.09	1.49	14.09
#FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262D2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.007 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616566',
    500: '#282c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c2e;
$custom-light: #616566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28994,
    "c": 0.00676,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C2E

secondary

#5D5755

accent

#8B78B0

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050506

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C2E

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

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