All About Color #28282E

#28282E

About #28282E

#28282E is a very dark gray color with the hex code #28282E. In RGB it is red 40, green 40, blue 46; in HSL it is hue 240°, saturation 7%, lightness 17%; in CMYK it is 13%, 13%, 0%, 82%. Its contrast ratio is 14.65:1 on white and 1.43:1 on black.

#28282E Color Conversion

Hex triplet28, 28, 2E
CMYK13.04%, 13.04%, 0.00%, 81.96%
RGB Decimal40, 40, 46
HSL240°, 7%, 17%
RGB Octal50, 50, 56
HSV (HSB)240.00°, 13.04%, 18.04%
RGB Binary101000, 101000, 101110
CIE-L*AB16.34, 1.53, -3.91
RGB Percent15.69%, 15.69%, 18.04%
CIE-L*CH16.34, 4.20, 291.29
XYZ2.13, 2.17, 2.89
CIE-L*UV16.34, -0.27, -3.82
xyY0.30, 0.30, 2.17
Hunter-Lab14.72, 0.04, -1.34
RYB15.69%, 15.69%, 18.04%

Color Accessibility Scores

#28282E on a dark background: contrast 1.43:1, fails WCAG AA.
#28282E on a light background: contrast 14.65:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #28282E, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #28282E. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#28282E · #53535F · #0C0C0E · #2E2E28 · #5F5F53

Analogous palette

#282E2E · #282B2E · #28282E · #2B282E · #2E282E

Triadic palette

#28282E · #2E2828 · #282E28 · #53535F · #5F5353

Tetradic palette

#28282E · #2E282B · #2E2E28 · #282E2B · #0C0C0E

Monochromatic palette

#0C0C0E · #0C0C0E · #28282E · #4C4C57 · #6F6F80

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