#283236#283236

#283236 is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.015 H 224.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283236
RGB	rgb(40, 50, 54)
HSL	hsl(197, 15%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(197, 26%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.04, -3.13, -3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.04, 5.03, 231.57°)
OKLab	oklab(30.95% -0.0111 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(30.95% 0.015 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.6813, 2.9986, 3.9268)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283236 #362C28

analogous

#283633 #283236 #282B36

triadic

#283236 #362832 #323628

tetradic

#283236 #332836 #362C28 #2B3628

square

#283236 #332836 #362C28 #2B3628

split-complementary

#283236 #36282B #363328

monochromatic

#0D1012 #0E1113 #283236 #425359 #5C737C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#283236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#283236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283236

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283236	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243333

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 50, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.015 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62696d',
    500: '#283236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283236;
$custom-light: #62696d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30946,
    "c": 0.0154,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283236

secondary

#675953

accent

#8570B8

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050607

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #283236

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

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