#282D2B#282D2B

#282D2B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.008 H 169.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282D2B
RGB	rgb(40, 45, 43)
HSL	hsl(156, 6%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(156, 11%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.93, -2.69, 0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.93, 2.75, 168.61°)
OKLab	oklab(29.15% -0.0078 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(29.15% 0.008 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.2494, 2.5023, 2.6495)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282D2B #2D282A

analogous

#282D29 #282D2B #282D2D

triadic

#282D2B #2B282D #2D2B28

tetradic

#282D2B #29282D #2D282A #2D2D28

square

#282D2B #29282D #2D282A #2D2D28

split-complementary

#282D2B #2D282D #2D2928

monochromatic

#0E100F #0E100F #282D2B #454D4A #626E69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.00

#282D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#282D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282D2B

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282D2B	1.00	14.00	1.50	14.00
#FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272D2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 45, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.008 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616564',
    500: '#282d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282d2b;
$custom-light: #616564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29149,
    "c": 0.0079,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282D2B

secondary

#5C5558

accent

#798EAF

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050505

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #282D2B

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

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