#282C2F#282C2F

#282C2F is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.008 H 240.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C2F
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 47)
HSL	hsl(206, 8%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(206, 15%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.73, -0.99, -2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.73, 2.73, 248.78°)
OKLab	oklab(29.04% -0.0039 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(29.04% 0.008 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.2887, 2.4577, 3.0426)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C2F #2F2B28

analogous

#282F2F #282C2F #28292F

triadic

#282C2F #2F282C #2C2F28

tetradic

#282C2F #2F282F #2F2B28 #292F28

square

#282C2F #2F282F #2F2B28 #292F28

split-complementary

#282C2F #2F2829 #2F2F28

monochromatic

#0E0F11 #0E0F11 #282C2F #444B50 #606A71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.08

#282C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#282C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C2F

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C2F	1.00	14.08	1.49	14.08
#FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262D2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.008 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616567',
    500: '#282c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c2f;
$custom-light: #616567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 8.046,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29035,
    "c": 0.0079,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C2F

secondary

#5E5954

accent

#9077B1

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050506

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C2F

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

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