#282E32#282E32

#282E32 is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.011 H 237.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E32
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 50)
HSL	hsl(204, 11%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(204, 20%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 8%, 0%, 80.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.52, -1.54, -3.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.52, 3.78, 245.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.7% -0.0061 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(29.7% 0.011 237)
XYZ	xyz(2.4276, 2.6353, 3.3978)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E32 #322C28

analogous

#283231 #282E32 #282932

triadic

#282E32 #32282E #2E3228

tetradic

#282E32 #312832 #322C28 #293228

square

#282E32 #312832 #322C28 #293228

split-complementary

#282E32 #322829 #323128

monochromatic

#0E1011 #0E1011 #282E32 #434D54 #5E6D76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#282E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#282E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E32

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E32	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252F2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.011 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626669',
    500: '#282e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e32;
$custom-light: #626669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29697,
    "c": 0.01113,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.02635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E32

secondary

#625954

accent

#8D74B4

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050606

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E32

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

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