#2A282A#2A282A

#2A282A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.005 H 325.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A282A
RGB	rgb(42, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(300, 2%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(300, 5%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.39, 1.39, -0.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.39, 1.70, 324.64°)
OKLab	oklab(27.98% 0.0038 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(27.98% 0.005 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.1315, 2.1770, 2.4980)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A282A #282A28

analogous

#29282A #2A282A #2A2829

triadic

#2A282A #2A2A28 #282A2A

tetradic

#2A282A #2A2928 #282A28 #28292A

square

#2A282A #2A2928 #282A28 #28292A

split-complementary

#2A282A #292A28 #282A29

monochromatic

#100F10 #100F10 #2A282A #494649 #696469

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.63

#2A282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2A282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A282A

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A282A	1.00	14.63	1.44	14.63
#FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28282A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28292A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2829

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.005 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636163',
    500: '#2a282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a282a;
$custom-light: #636163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.439,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27975,
    "c": 0.00461,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A282A

secondary

#555855

accent

#AC7C7C

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050505

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A282A

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

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