#282E2A#282E2A

#282E2A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.011 H 156.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E2A
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 42)
HSL	hsl(140, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(140, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 8.7%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.24, -3.61, 1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.24, 3.98, 154.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.39% -0.0101 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(29.39% 0.011 156.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.2699, 2.5722, 2.5669)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E2A #2E282C

analogous

#292E28 #282E2A #282E2D

triadic

#282E2A #2A282E #2E2A28

tetradic

#282E2A #28292E #2E282C #2E2D28

square

#282E2A #28292E #2E282C #2E2D28

split-complementary

#282E2A #2D282E #2E2829

monochromatic

#0E100F #0E100F #282E2A #444F48 #616F66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#282E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#282E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E2A

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E2A	1.00	13.87	1.51	13.87
#FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272E2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.011 156.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616663',
    500: '#282e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e2a;
$custom-light: #616663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29386,
    "c": 0.01104,
    "h": 156.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E2A

secondary

#5D555A

accent

#789DB0

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050605

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E2A

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

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