#283231#283231

#283231 is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.014 H 189.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283231
RGB	rgb(40, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(174, 11%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(174, 20%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 2%, 80.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.86, -4.49, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.86, 4.56, 189.87°)
OKLab	oklab(30.74% -0.0136 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(30.74% 0.014 189)
XYZ	xyz(2.5699, 2.9540, 3.3399)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283231 #322829

analogous

#28322C #283231 #282E32

triadic

#283231 #312832 #323128

tetradic

#283231 #2C2832 #322829 #2E3228

square

#283231 #2C2832 #322829 #2E3228

split-complementary

#283231 #32282E #322C28

monochromatic

#0E1111 #0E1111 #283231 #435452 #5E7674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#283231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#283231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283231

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283231	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#313131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.014 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626969',
    500: '#283231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283231;
$custom-light: #626969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30744,
    "c": 0.01374,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.02954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283231

secondary

#625455

accent

#747AB4

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050606

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #283231

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

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