#282E2C#282E2C

#282E2C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.009 H 173.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E2C
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 44)
HSL	hsl(160, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(160, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 4.3%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.31, -3.12, 0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.31, 3.14, 172.72°)
OKLab	oklab(29.46% -0.0091 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(29.46% 0.009 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.3066, 2.5869, 2.7602)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E2C #2E282A

analogous

#282E29 #282E2C #282D2E

triadic

#282E2C #2C282E #2E2C28

tetradic

#282E2C #29282E #2E282A #2D2E28

square

#282E2C #29282E #2E282A #2D2E28

split-complementary

#282E2C #2E282D #2E2928

monochromatic

#0E1010 #0E1010 #282E2C #444F4B #616F6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#282E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#282E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E2C

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E2C	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272E2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.009 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616665',
    500: '#282e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e2c;
$custom-light: #616665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29459,
    "c": 0.00913,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E2C

secondary

#5D5557

accent

#788BB0

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050605

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E2C

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

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