#28383E#28383E

#28383E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.023 H 223.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28383E
RGB	rgb(40, 56, 62)
HSL	hsl(196, 22%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(196, 35%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 9.7%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, -4.76, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 7.54, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(32.92% -0.0171 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(32.92% 0.023 223)
XYZ	xyz(3.1585, 3.6271, 5.0902)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28383E #3E2E28

analogous

#283E39 #28383E #282D3E

triadic

#28383E #3E2838 #383E28

tetradic

#28383E #39283E #3E2E28 #2D3E28

square

#28383E #39283E #3E2E28 #2D3E28

split-complementary

#28383E #3E282D #3E3928

monochromatic

#0C1113 #101619 #28383E #405A63 #587B88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#28383E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#28383E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28383E

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28383E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28383E	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35373E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31343E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28383e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 56, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.023 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626e73',
    500: '#28383e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28383e;
$custom-light: #626e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28383e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 21.569,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32915,
    "c": 0.02343,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.03627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28383E

secondary

#705A52

accent

#816ABE

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEC

border

#C6C6C7

text

#050708

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #28383E

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

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