Information about #282828 color

#282828 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #282828 is classified in the Register under the Greyscale Color Family, with Desaturated and Dark brightness. In numbers: rgb(40, 40, 40) (15.7% red, 15.7% green, 15.7% blue), or CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 84 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#282828 is a muted, almost neutral neutral grey that stays on the darker end of the scale. In practice it works well for moody backdrops, typography on light surfaces and premium packaging. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Bokara Grey (#2A2725). Slightly further away sit Double Foundry (#282A2C) and Shadowland (#26272C).

Under the hood all three RGB channels are equal (40 each), placing #282828 exactly on the neutral axis of the color space. On this background, white text reaches a 14.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.4:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:84) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#282828 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#282828 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Reserved

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#535353

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#7E7E7E

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Dark Gray

#A9A9A9
#D4D4D4

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White

#FFFFFF

#282828 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Reserved

#282828
#202020

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All Black

#181818
#101010

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Vampire Black

#080808
Black

#000000

#282828 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Reserved

#282828
#3A3A3A

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#4B4B4B

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#5C5C5C

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#6E6E6E

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Grey

#808080

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#282828 belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to #282828

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Bokara Grey color link
Bokara Grey

#2A2725

Double Foundry color link
Double Foundry

#282A2C

Shadowland color link
Shadowland

#26272C

Maxwell Smart color link
Maxwell Smart

#2A2525

Nero color link
Nero

#252525

Wine Trail color link
Wine Trail

#27292D

Silhouette color link
Silhouette

#2A252C

Black Russian color link
Black Russian

#24252B

Maire color link
Maire

#2A2922

Pitch Black color link
Pitch Black

#2C2B2C

Metallic Black color link
Metallic Black

#2C2C2B

Charleston Green color link
Charleston Green

#232B2B

#282828 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#282828
  • RGB40, 40, 40
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 84
  • CSSrgb(40, 40, 40)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 16%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 15.686%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 16%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 16%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.157
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.157
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.157
  • GLSLvec3(0.157, 0.157, 0.157)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.157, 0.157, 0.157, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.157, 0.157, 0.157)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB15.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB15.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB15.7%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID282828
  • DECIMAL ID2631720
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers134 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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