#2C2829#2C2829

#2C2829 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.006 H 0.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C2829
RGB	rgb(44, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(345, 5%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(345, 9%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 6.8%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.57, 2.06, 0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.57, 2.06, 0.22°)
OKLab	oklab(28.15% 0.0061 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(28.15% 0.006 0.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.1977, 2.2132, 2.4088)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C2829 #282C2B

analogous

#2C282B #2C2829 #2C2928

triadic

#2C2829 #292C28 #28292C

tetradic

#2C2829 #2B2C28 #282C2B #29282C

square

#2C2829 #2B2C28 #282C2B #29282C

split-complementary

#2C2829 #282C29 #282B2C

monochromatic

#100F0F #100F0F #2C2829 #4C4547 #6C6265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#2C2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2C2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C2829

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C2829	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2828

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.006 0.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#656162',
    500: '#2c2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c2829;
$custom-light: #656162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28154,
    "c": 0.00614,
    "h": 0.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C2829

secondary

#555B59

accent

#AEA17A

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#EBE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050505

muted

#7A7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C2829

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

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