#282936#282936

#282936 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.024 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282936
RGB	rgb(40, 41, 54)
HSL	hsl(236, 15%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(236, 26%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.00, 3.06, -8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.00, 9.05, 289.78°)
OKLab	oklab(28.57% 0.0047 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(28.57% 0.024 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.3337, 2.3033, 3.8109)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282936 #363528

analogous

#283036 #282936 #2E2836

triadic

#282936 #362829 #293628

tetradic

#282936 #362830 #363528 #28362E

square

#282936 #362830 #363528 #28362E

split-complementary

#282936 #362E28 #303628

monochromatic

#0D0D12 #0E0E13 #282936 #424459 #5C5E7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.38

#282936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#282936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282936

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282936	1.00	14.38	1.46	14.38
#FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252B2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 41, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.024 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62626d',
    500: '#282936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282936;
$custom-light: #62626d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28565,
    "c": 0.02378,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282936

secondary

#676553

accent

#B370B8

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAEAEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050507

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282936

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

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