#2B282E#2B282E

#2B282E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.012 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B282E
RGB	rgb(43, 40, 46)
HSL	hsl(270, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(270, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 13%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.64, 2.82, -3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.64, 4.43, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(28.25% 0.0072 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(28.25% 0.012 308)
XYZ	xyz(2.2481, 2.2284, 2.8959)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B282E #2B2E28

analogous

#28282E #2B282E #2E282E

triadic

#2B282E #2E2B28 #282E2B

tetradic

#2B282E #2E2828 #2B2E28 #282E2E

square

#2B282E #2E2828 #2B2E28 #282E2E

split-complementary

#2B282E #2E2E28 #282E28

monochromatic

#0F0E10 #0F0E10 #2B282E #4A444F #68616F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.53

#2B282E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2B282E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B282E

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B282E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B282E	1.00	14.53	1.45	14.53
#FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27292E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28292E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B292A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b282e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 40, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.012 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#646166',
    500: '#2b282e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b282e;
$custom-light: #646166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b282e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28247,
    "c": 0.01162,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.02228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B282E

secondary

#595D55

accent

#B07894

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAE9EB

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B282E

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

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