#282D2A#282D2A

#282D2A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.009 H 159.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282D2A
RGB	rgb(40, 45, 42)
HSL	hsl(144, 6%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(144, 11%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 6.7%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.90, -2.94, 1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.90, 3.17, 157.95°)
OKLab	oklab(29.11% -0.0083 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(29.11% 0.009 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.2313, 2.4950, 2.5541)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282D2A #2D282B

analogous

#292D28 #282D2A #282D2D

triadic

#282D2A #2A282D #2D2A28

tetradic

#282D2A #28292D #2D282B #2D2D28

square

#282D2A #28292D #2D282B #2D2D28

split-complementary

#282D2A #2D282D #2D2829

monochromatic

#0E100F #0E100F #282D2A #454D48 #626E66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.01

#282D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#282D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282D2A

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282D2A	1.00	14.01	1.50	14.01
#FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272D2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 45, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.009 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616563',
    500: '#282d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282d2a;
$custom-light: #616563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29112,
    "c": 0.00886,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282D2A

secondary

#5C5559

accent

#7999AF

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050505

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #282D2A

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

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