#282A35#282A35

#282A35 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.020 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A35
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 53)
HSL	hsl(231, 14%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(231, 25%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.29, 2.07, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.29, 7.67, 285.66°)
OKLab	oklab(28.77% 0.0025 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(28.77% 0.02 277)
XYZ	xyz(2.3455, 2.3640, 3.7002)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A35 #353328

analogous

#283035 #282A35 #2C2835

triadic

#282A35 #35282A #2A3528

tetradic

#282A35 #352830 #353328 #28352C

square

#282A35 #352830 #353328 #28352C

split-complementary

#282A35 #352C28 #303528

monochromatic

#0D0E11 #0E0E12 #282A35 #424658 #5D617B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#282A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#282A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A35

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A35	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.020 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62636c',
    500: '#282a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a35;
$custom-light: #62636c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 13.978,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28774,
    "c": 0.0203,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.02364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A35

secondary

#656353

accent

#AC71B7

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAEAEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A35

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

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