#2C282B#2C282B

#2C282B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.008 H 334.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C282B
RGB	rgb(44, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(315, 5%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(315, 9%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 2.3%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.64, 2.53, -1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.64, 2.84, 332.82°)
OKLab	oklab(28.23% 0.0071 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(28.23% 0.008 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.2335, 2.2275, 2.5973)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C282B #282C29

analogous

#2B282C #2C282B #2C2829

triadic

#2C282B #2B2C28 #282B2C

tetradic

#2C282B #2C2B28 #282C29 #28292C

square

#2C282B #2C2B28 #282C29 #28292C

split-complementary

#2C282B #292C28 #282C2B

monochromatic

#100F10 #100F10 #2C282B #4C454A #6C626A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.53

#2C282B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2C282B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C282B

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C282B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C282B	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)

#28292B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29292B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C2829

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.008 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#656164',
    500: '#2c282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c282b;
$custom-light: #656164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28232,
    "c": 0.00791,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C282B

secondary

#555B56

accent

#AE877A

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#EBE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#050505

muted

#7A7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C282B

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

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