#283238#283238

#283238 is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.017 H 234.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283238
RGB	rgb(40, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(203, 17%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(203, 29%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.11, -2.56, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.11, 5.79, 243.82°)
OKLab	oklab(31.03% -0.0101 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(31.03% 0.017 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.7293, 3.0177, 4.1793)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283238 #382E28

analogous

#283836 #283238 #282A38

triadic

#283238 #382832 #323828

tetradic

#283238 #362838 #382E28 #2A3828

square

#283238 #362838 #382E28 #2A3828

split-complementary

#283238 #38282A #383628

monochromatic

#0D1012 #0F1214 #283238 #42525C #5B727F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.10

#283238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#283238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283238

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283238	1.00	13.10	1.60	13.10
#FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F3238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#233434

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.017 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62696e',
    500: '#283238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283238;
$custom-light: #62696e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31032,
    "c": 0.01739,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283238

secondary

#695B53

accent

#8B6EB9

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050607

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #283238

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

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