#282E2D#282E2D

#282E2D is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.009 H 184.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E2D
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 45)
HSL	hsl(170, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(170, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 2.2%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.34, -2.86, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.34, 2.87, 184.92°)
OKLab	oklab(29.5% -0.0086 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(29.5% 0.009 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.3256, 2.5945, 2.8604)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E2D #2E2829

analogous

#282E2A #282E2D #282C2E

triadic

#282E2D #2D282E #2E2D28

tetradic

#282E2D #2A282E #2E2829 #2C2E28

square

#282E2D #2A282E #2E2829 #2C2E28

split-complementary

#282E2D #2E282C #2E2A28

monochromatic

#0E1010 #0E1010 #282E2D #444F4D #616F6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#282E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#282E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E2D

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E2D	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272E2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.009 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616665',
    500: '#282e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e2d;
$custom-light: #616665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29497,
    "c": 0.00859,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E2D

secondary

#5D5556

accent

#7881B0

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050605

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E2D

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

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