#2B2829#2B2829

#2B2829 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.005 H 355.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B2829
RGB	rgb(43, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(340, 4%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(340, 7%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 4.7%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.46, 1.60, -0.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.46, 1.61, 354.21°)
OKLab	oklab(28.04% 0.0047 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(28.04% 0.005 355)
XYZ	xyz(2.1552, 2.1913, 2.4068)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B2829 #282B2A

analogous

#2B282B #2B2829 #2B2928

triadic

#2B2829 #292B28 #28292B

tetradic

#2B2829 #2B2B28 #282B2A #29282B

square

#2B2829 #2B2B28 #282B2A #29282B

split-complementary

#2B2829 #282B29 #282B2B

monochromatic

#100F0F #100F0F #2B2829 #4B4547 #6A6365

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.60

#2B2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2B2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B2829

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B2829	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)

#282829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C2828

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.005 355.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#646162',
    500: '#2b2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b2829;
$custom-light: #646162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 3.614,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28044,
    "c": 0.00475,
    "h": 355
  },
  "luminance": 0.02191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B2829

secondary

#555A58

accent

#AD9C7B

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050505

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B2829

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

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