#282E2B#282E2B

#282E2B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.010 H 164.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E2B
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(150, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(150, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 6.5%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.27, -3.36, 1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.27, 3.52, 162.76°)
OKLab	oklab(29.42% -0.0096 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(29.42% 0.01 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.2880, 2.5795, 2.6624)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E2B #2E282B

analogous

#282E28 #282E2B #282E2E

triadic

#282E2B #2B282E #2E2B28

tetradic

#282E2B #28282E #2E282B #2E2E28

square

#282E2B #28282E #2E282B #2E2E28

split-complementary

#282E2B #2E282E #2E2828

monochromatic

#0E100F #0E100F #282E2B #444F4A #616F68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.85

#282E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#282E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E2B

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E2B	1.00	13.85	1.52	13.85
#FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272E2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.010 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616664',
    500: '#282e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e2b;
$custom-light: #616664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29422,
    "c": 0.00998,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E2B

secondary

#5D5559

accent

#7894B0

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050605

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E2B

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

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