#282E36#282E36

#282E36 is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.017 H 255.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E36
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 54)
HSL	hsl(214, 15%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(214, 26%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.68, -0.42, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.68, 6.00, 265.98°)
OKLab	oklab(29.87% -0.0042 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(29.87% 0.017 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.5177, 2.6714, 3.8723)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E36 #363028

analogous

#283536 #282E36 #292836

triadic

#282E36 #36282E #2E3628

tetradic

#282E36 #362835 #363028 #283629

square

#282E36 #362835 #363028 #283629

split-complementary

#282E36 #362928 #353628

monochromatic

#0D0F12 #0E1013 #282E36 #424C59 #5C6A7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.69

#282E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#282E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E36

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E36	1.00	13.69	1.53	13.69
#FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.017 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62666d',
    500: '#282e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e36;
$custom-light: #62666d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29873,
    "c": 0.01682,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E36

secondary

#675E53

accent

#9970B8

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050607

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E36

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

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