#282E30#282E30

#282E30 is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.009 H 219.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E30
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 48)
HSL	hsl(195, 9%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(195, 17%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 4.2%, 0%, 81.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.45, -2.09, -2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.45, 3.01, 226.17°)
OKLab	oklab(29.62% -0.007 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(29.62% 0.009 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.3854, 2.6185, 3.1755)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E30 #302A28

analogous

#28302E #282E30 #282A30

triadic

#282E30 #30282E #2E3028

tetradic

#282E30 #2E2830 #302A28 #2A3028

square

#282E30 #2E2830 #302A28 #2A3028

split-complementary

#282E30 #30282A #302E28

monochromatic

#0E1011 #0E1011 #282E30 #444E51 #606E73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#282E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#282E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E30

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E30	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262F2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.009 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616668',
    500: '#282e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e30;
$custom-light: #616668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29615,
    "c": 0.00916,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E30

secondary

#605754

accent

#8576B2

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050606

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E30

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

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