#2E282B#2E282B

#2E282B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.010 H 346.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E282B
RGB	rgb(46, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(330, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(330, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 6.5%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.86, 3.44, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.86, 3.57, 344.55°)
OKLab	oklab(28.46% 0.01 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(28.46% 0.01 346)
XYZ	xyz(2.3215, 2.2729, 2.6014)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E282B #282E2B

analogous

#2E282E #2E282B #2E2828

triadic

#2E282B #2B2E28 #282B2E

tetradic

#2E282B #2E2E28 #282E2B #28282E

square

#2E282B #2E2E28 #282E2B #28282E

split-complementary

#2E282B #282E28 #282E2E

monochromatic

#100E0F #100E0F #2E282B #4F444A #6F6168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#2E282B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2E282B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E282B

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E282B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E282B	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28292B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2829

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.010 346.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666164',
    500: '#2e282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e282b;
$custom-light: #666164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28457,
    "c": 0.01028,
    "h": 346
  },
  "luminance": 0.02273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E282B

secondary

#555D59

accent

#B09478

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#EBE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#060505

muted

#7A7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E282B

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

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