#2A282E#2A282E

#2A282E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.011 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A282E
RGB	rgb(42, 40, 46)
HSL	hsl(260, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(260, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 13%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.54, 2.39, -3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.54, 4.31, 303.65°)
OKLab	oklab(28.14% 0.0058 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(28.14% 0.011 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.2067, 2.2071, 2.8940)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A282E #2C2E28

analogous

#28292E #2A282E #2D282E

triadic

#2A282E #2E2A28 #282E2A

tetradic

#2A282E #2E2829 #2C2E28 #282E2D

square

#2A282E #2E2829 #2C2E28 #282E2D

split-complementary

#2A282E #2E2D28 #292E28

monochromatic

#0F0E10 #0F0E10 #2A282E #48444F #66616F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.57

#2A282E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2A282E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A282E

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A282E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A282E	1.00	14.57	1.44	14.57
#FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27292E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27292E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29292A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a282e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 40, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.011 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636166',
    500: '#2a282e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a282e;
$custom-light: #636166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a282e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2814,
    "c": 0.01121,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A282E

secondary

#5A5D55

accent

#B0789D

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A282E

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

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