#2A282D#2A282D

#2A282D is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.009 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A282D
RGB	rgb(42, 40, 45)
HSL	hsl(264, 6%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(264, 11%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.50, 2.13, -2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.50, 3.63, 305.95°)
OKLab	oklab(28.1% 0.0053 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(28.1% 0.009 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.1872, 2.1993, 2.7914)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A282D #2B2D28

analogous

#28292D #2A282D #2D282D

triadic

#2A282D #2D2A28 #282D2A

tetradic

#2A282D #2D2829 #2B2D28 #282D2D

square

#2A282D #2D2829 #2B2D28 #282D2D

split-complementary

#2A282D #2D2D28 #292D28

monochromatic

#0F0E10 #0F0E10 #2A282D #48454D #66626E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.59

#2A282D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2A282D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A282D

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A282D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A282D	1.00	14.59	1.44	14.59
#FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27292D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28292D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A292A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a282d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 40, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.009 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636165',
    500: '#2a282d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a282d;
$custom-light: #636165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a282d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28097,
    "c": 0.00946,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A282D

secondary

#595C55

accent

#AF7999

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050505

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A282D

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

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