#2A282C#2A282C

#2A282C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.008 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A282C
RGB	rgb(42, 40, 44)
HSL	hsl(270, 5%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(270, 9%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.46, 1.88, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.46, 2.96, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(28.06% 0.0048 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(28.06% 0.008 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.1682, 2.1917, 2.6912)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A282C #2A2C28

analogous

#28282C #2A282C #2C282C

triadic

#2A282C #2C2A28 #282C2A

tetradic

#2A282C #2C2828 #2A2C28 #282C2C

square

#2A282C #2C2828 #2A2C28 #282C2C

split-complementary

#2A282C #2C2C28 #282C28

monochromatic

#0F0F10 #0F0F10 #2A282C #49454C #67626C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.60

#2A282C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2A282C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A282C

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A282C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A282C	1.00	14.60	1.44	14.60
#FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27292C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28292C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2829

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a282c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 40, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.008 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636165',
    500: '#2a282c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a282c;
$custom-light: #636165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a282c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28055,
    "c": 0.00776,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A282C

secondary

#585B55

accent

#AE7A94

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050505

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A282C

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

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