#282A38#282A38

#282A38 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.026 H 278.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A38
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 56)
HSL	hsl(233, 17%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(233, 29%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 25%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.43, 2.95, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.43, 9.73, 287.67°)
OKLab	oklab(28.92% 0.0037 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(28.92% 0.026 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.4167, 2.3925, 4.0751)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A38 #383628

analogous

#283238 #282A38 #2E2838

triadic

#282A38 #38282A #2A3828

tetradic

#282A38 #382832 #383628 #28382E

square

#282A38 #382832 #383628 #28382E

split-complementary

#282A38 #382E28 #323828

monochromatic

#0D0D12 #0F0F14 #282A38 #42455C #5B607F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.20

#282A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#282A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A38

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A38	1.00	14.20	1.48	14.20
#FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#242D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.026 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62636e',
    500: '#282a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a38;
$custom-light: #62636e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28922,
    "c": 0.02572,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A38

secondary

#696653

accent

#B06EB9

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAEAEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050507

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A38

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

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