#28383C#28383C

#28383C is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.022 H 214.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28383C
RGB	rgb(40, 56, 60)
HSL	hsl(192, 20%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(192, 33%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, -5.35, -4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 7.06, 220.75°)
OKLab	oklab(32.83% -0.0181 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(32.83% 0.022 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.1046, 3.6056, 4.8064)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28383C #3C2C28

analogous

#283C36 #28383C #282E3C

triadic

#28383C #3C2838 #383C28

tetradic

#28383C #36283C #3C2C28 #2E3C28

square

#28383C #36283C #3C2C28 #2E3C28

split-complementary

#28383C #3C282E #3C3628

monochromatic

#0C1112 #101617 #28383C #405A61 #597D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#28383C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#28383C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28383C

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28383C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28383C	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35373C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32343C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28383c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 56, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.022 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626e71',
    500: '#28383c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28383c;
$custom-light: #626e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28383c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3283,
    "c": 0.02204,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28383C

secondary

#6D5852

accent

#7B6BBD

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEC

border

#C6C6C7

text

#050707

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #28383C

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

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