#282E28#282E28

#282E28 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.014 H 145.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E28
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 40)
HSL	hsl(120, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(120, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 13%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.18, -4.08, 2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.18, 5.06, 143.81°)
OKLab	oklab(29.32% -0.0112 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(29.32% 0.014 145.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.2350, 2.5583, 2.3831)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E28 #2E282E

analogous

#2B2E28 #282E28 #282E2B

triadic

#282E28 #28282E #2E2828

tetradic

#282E28 #282B2E #2E282E #2E2B28

square

#282E28 #282B2E #2E282E #2E2B28

split-complementary

#282E28 #2B282E #2E282B

monochromatic

#0E100E #0E100E #282E28 #444F44 #616F61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#282E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#282E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E28

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E28	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272E2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.014 145.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616661',
    500: '#282e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e28;
$custom-light: #616661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29316,
    "c": 0.01361,
    "h": 145.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E28

secondary

#5D555D

accent

#78B0B0

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBE9

border

#C5C6C5

text

#050605

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E28

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

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