#282A3A#282A3A

#282A3A is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.029 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A3A
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 58)
HSL	hsl(233, 18%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(233, 31%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 27.6%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.52, 3.56, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.52, 11.10, 288.69°)
OKLab	oklab(29.03% 0.0045 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(29.03% 0.029 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.4666, 2.4125, 4.3379)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A3A #3A3828

analogous

#28333A #282A3A #2F283A

triadic

#282A3A #3A282A #2A3A28

tetradic

#282A3A #3A2833 #3A3828 #283A2F

square

#282A3A #3A2833 #3A3828 #283A2F

split-complementary

#282A3A #3A2F28 #333A28

monochromatic

#0C0D12 #0F1016 #282A3A #41445E #5A5E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.16

#282A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#282A3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A3A

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A3A	1.00	14.16	1.48	14.16
#FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#242D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.029 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626370',
    500: '#282a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a3a;
$custom-light: #626370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 18.367,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29025,
    "c": 0.02933,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A3A

secondary

#6B6853

accent

#B26DBB

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#EAEAEC

border

#C6C6C7

text

#050507

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A3A

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

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