#282D28#282D28

#282D28 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.011 H 145.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282D28
RGB	rgb(40, 45, 40)
HSL	hsl(120, 6%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(120, 11%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 11.1%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.83, -3.41, 2.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.83, 4.23, 143.92°)
OKLab	oklab(29.04% -0.0094 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(29.04% 0.011 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.1964, 2.4811, 2.3703)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282D28 #2D282D

analogous

#2B2D28 #282D28 #282D2B

triadic

#282D28 #28282D #2D2828

tetradic

#282D28 #282B2D #2D282D #2D2B28

square

#282D28 #282B2D #2D282D #2D2B28

split-complementary

#282D28 #2B282D #2D282B

monochromatic

#0E100E #0E100E #282D28 #454D45 #626E62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.04

#282D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#282D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282D28

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282D28	1.00	14.04	1.50	14.04
#FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282D2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 45, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.011 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616561',
    500: '#282d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282d28;
$custom-light: #616561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29041,
    "c": 0.01139,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282D28

secondary

#5C555C

accent

#79AFAF

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBE9

border

#C5C6C5

text

#050505

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #282D28

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

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