#283232#283232

#283232 is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.014 H 196.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283232
RGB	rgb(40, 50, 50)
HSL	hsl(180, 11%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(180, 20%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 0%, 80.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.89, -4.23, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.89, 4.46, 198.53°)
OKLab	oklab(30.78% -0.0131 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(30.78% 0.014 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.5912, 2.9625, 3.4523)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283232 #322828

analogous

#28322D #283232 #282D32

triadic

#283232 #322832 #323228

tetradic

#283232 #2D2832 #322828 #2D3228

square

#283232 #2D2832 #322828 #2D3228

split-complementary

#283232 #32282D #322D28

monochromatic

#0E1111 #0E1111 #283232 #435454 #5E7676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.19

#283232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#283232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283232

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283232	1.00	13.19	1.59	13.19
#FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#313132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 50, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.014 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626969',
    500: '#283232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283232;
$custom-light: #626969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30783,
    "c": 0.01362,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283232

secondary

#625454

accent

#7474B4

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050606

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #283232

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

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