#282E2E#282E2E

#282E2E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.008 H 196.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E2E
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(180, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.38, -2.61, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.38, 2.76, 198.84°)
OKLab	oklab(29.54% -0.008 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(29.54% 0.008 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.3451, 2.6023, 2.9630)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E2E #2E2828

analogous

#282E2B #282E2E #282B2E

triadic

#282E2E #2E282E #2E2E28

tetradic

#282E2E #2B282E #2E2828 #2B2E28

square

#282E2E #2B282E #2E2828 #2B2E28

split-complementary

#282E2E #2E282B #2E2B28

monochromatic

#0E1010 #0E1010 #282E2E #444F4F #616F6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.81

#282E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#282E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E2E

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E2E	1.00	13.81	1.52	13.81
#FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262E2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.008 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616666',
    500: '#282e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e2e;
$custom-light: #616666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29535,
    "c": 0.0084,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E2E

secondary

#5D5555

accent

#7878B0

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#050606

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E2E

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

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