HEX atlas value

#26282A

#26282A is a neutral gray HEX color nearest Slate Black. RGB 38, 40, 42, HSL 210° 5% 16%, luminance 0.021; view contrast and conversions.

gray neutral dark

#26282A Sample readable text

HEX #26282A

RGB rgb(38, 40, 42)

HSL hsl(210 5% 16%)

CMYK cmyk(10, 5, 0, 84)

Luminance 0.021

Contrast Black 1.42:1White 14.79:1

CSS

--color-26282a: #26282A;
.background-26282a { background-color: #26282A; }
.text-26282a { color: #26282A; }

HEX meaning and use

About #26282A

#26282A is classified as a neutral gray value with dark visual character. #26282A is visually closest to Slate Black, a named gray color with HEX #26282A.

The RGB channels are 38, 40, and 42, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 210deg with 5% saturation and 16% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and dark theme accents. Its luminance is 0.021, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.42:1AA Fail

White text14.79:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #26282A needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.42:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF14.79:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

Black#000000 · #FFFFFF text · best 21:1 Raisin#242124 · #FFFFFF text · best 15.93:1 #27272B#27272B · #FFFFFF text · best 14.87:1 Rubber#2A2725 · #FFFFFF text · best 14.83:1 #1E2934#1E2934 · #FFFFFF text · best 14.77:1

Generated Palette

Slate Black#26282A

#2B2927#2B2927

#272B2B#272B2B

#27272B#27272B

#52575B#52575B

Black#000000

Color Harmonies

#2B2927#2B2927

#272B2B#272B2B

#27272B#27272B

#2B2729#2B2729

#292B27#292B27

Variants

#52575B#52575B

Black#000000

#1E2934#1E2934

#292929#292929

Dim Grey#696969

#003D7A#003D7A

Nearest Named Colors

Slate Black#26282A

Asphalt#2B2B2B

Rubber#2A2725

Raisin#242124

Charcoal Blue#263238

Luminance0.021

Black text1.42:1AA Fail

White text14.79:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#26282A","rgb":[38,40,42],"hsl":[210,5,16],"cmyk":[10,5,0,84],"luminance":0.021,"contrast":{"black":1.42,"white":14.79}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.42,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":14.79,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Black","hex":"#000000","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1,"contrastWhite":21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Raisin","hex":"#242124","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.32,"contrastWhite":15.93,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#27272B","hex":"#27272B","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.41,"contrastWhite":14.87,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Rubber","hex":"#2A2725","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.42,"contrastWhite":14.83,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#1E2934","hex":"#1E2934","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.42,"contrastWhite":14.77,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["neutral gray","dark","dark gray","Slate Black adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","dark theme accents","neutral UI systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/26282a.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/slate-black.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/asphalt.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/rubber.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#2B2927","analogous":["#272B2B","#27272B"],"triadic":["#2B2729","#292B27"],"tetradic":["#2B272B","#2B2927","#272B27"],"splitComplementary":["#2B2727","#2B2B27"],"monochromatic":["#52575B","#26282A","#000000"]}

Variants

{"light":"#52575B","dark":"#000000","saturated":"#1E2934","desaturated":"#292929","pastel":"#696969","neon":"#003D7A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"slate-black","name":"Slate Black","hex":"#26282A","distance":0},{"slug":"asphalt","name":"Asphalt","hex":"#2B2B2B","distance":5.916079783099616},{"slug":"rubber","name":"Rubber","hex":"#2A2725","distance":6.48074069840786},{"slug":"raisin","name":"Raisin","hex":"#242124","distance":9.433981132056603},{"slug":"charcoal-blue","name":"Charcoal Blue","hex":"#263238","distance":17.204650534085253}]

#26282A

CSS

About #26282A

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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