#283235#283235

#283235 is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.015 H 217.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283235
RGB	rgb(40, 50, 53)
HSL	hsl(194, 14%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(194, 25%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 5.7%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.00, -3.41, -3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.00, 4.75, 224.19°)
OKLab	oklab(30.9% -0.0116 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(30.9% 0.015 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.6581, 2.9893, 3.8044)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283235 #352B28

analogous

#283531 #283235 #282B35

triadic

#283235 #352832 #323528

tetradic

#283235 #312835 #352B28 #2B3528

square

#283235 #312835 #352B28 #2B3528

split-complementary

#283235 #35282B #353128

monochromatic

#0D1011 #0E1112 #283235 #425358 #5D747B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#283235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#283235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283235

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283235	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243333

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 50, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.015 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62696c',
    500: '#283235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283235;
$custom-light: #62696c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 13.978,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30904,
    "c": 0.01464,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283235

secondary

#655853

accent

#8171B7

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050606

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #283235

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

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