#282959#282959

#282959 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.084 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282959
RGB	rgb(40, 41, 89)
HSL	hsl(239, 38%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(239, 55%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 53.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.05, 14.81, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.05, 32.74, 296.90°)
OKLab	oklab(30.8% 0.0137 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(30.8% 0.084 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.4706, 2.7581, 9.7987)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282959 #595828

analogous

#284159 #282959 #402859

triadic

#282959 #592829 #295928

tetradic

#282959 #592841 #595828 #285940

square

#282959 #592841 #595828 #285940

split-complementary

#282959 #594028 #415928

monochromatic

#090A15 #15162F #282959 #3B3C83 #4E50AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.53

#282959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#282959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282959

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282959	1.00	13.53	1.55	13.53
#FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12305B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D2C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14343C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 41, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.084 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666288',
    500: '#282959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282959;
$custom-light: #666288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.776,
    "s": 37.984,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30795,
    "c": 0.08432,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282959

secondary

#8C8B51

accent

#CC5ACE

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBEAF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#06050B

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #282959

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

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