#2B282B#2B282B

#2B282B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.007 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B282B
RGB	rgb(43, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(300, 7%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.53, 2.08, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.53, 2.55, 324.75°)
OKLab	oklab(28.12% 0.0057 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(28.12% 0.007 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.1910, 2.2056, 2.5953)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B282B #282B28

analogous

#2A282B #2B282B #2B282A

triadic

#2B282B #2B2B28 #282B2B

tetradic

#2B282B #2B2A28 #282B28 #282A2B

square

#2B282B #2B2A28 #282B28 #282A2B

split-complementary

#2B282B #2A2B28 #282B2A

monochromatic

#100F10 #100F10 #2B282B #4B454B #6A636A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.57

#2B282B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2B282B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B282B

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B282B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B282B	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)

#28292B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28292B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2829

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.007 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#646164',
    500: '#2b282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b282b;
$custom-light: #646164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.614,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28123,
    "c": 0.00692,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B282B

secondary

#555A55

accent

#AD7B7B

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050505

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B282B

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

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