#282D29#282D29

#282D29 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.010 H 151.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282D29
RGB	rgb(40, 45, 41)
HSL	hsl(132, 6%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(132, 11%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 8.9%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.86, -3.18, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.86, 3.67, 149.95°)
OKLab	oklab(29.08% -0.0088 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(29.08% 0.01 151.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.2136, 2.4880, 2.4610)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282D29 #2D282C

analogous

#2A2D28 #282D29 #282D2C

triadic

#282D29 #29282D #2D2928

tetradic

#282D29 #282A2D #2D282C #2D2C28

square

#282D29 #282A2D #2D282C #2D2C28

split-complementary

#282D29 #2C282D #2D282A

monochromatic

#0E100F #0E100F #282D29 #454D47 #626E64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.02

#282D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#282D29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282D29

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282D29	1.00	14.02	1.50	14.02
#FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272D2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 45, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.010 151.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616562',
    500: '#282d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282d29;
$custom-light: #616562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29076,
    "c": 0.01005,
    "h": 151.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282D29

secondary

#5C555B

accent

#79A4AF

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050505

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #282D29

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

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