#282A36#282A36

#282A36 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.022 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A36
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 54)
HSL	hsl(231, 15%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(231, 26%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.34, 2.36, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.34, 8.35, 286.41°)
OKLab	oklab(28.82% 0.0029 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(28.82% 0.022 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.3687, 2.3733, 3.8226)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A36 #363428

analogous

#283136 #282A36 #2D2836

triadic

#282A36 #36282A #2A3628

tetradic

#282A36 #362831 #363428 #28362D

square

#282A36 #362831 #363428 #28362D

split-complementary

#282A36 #362D28 #313628

monochromatic

#0D0E12 #0E0F13 #282A36 #424559 #5C617C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.24

#282A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#282A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A36

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A36	1.00	14.24	1.47	14.24
#FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.022 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62636d',
    500: '#282a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a36;
$custom-light: #62636d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28823,
    "c": 0.0221,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A36

secondary

#676453

accent

#AD70B8

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAEAEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050507

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A36

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

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