#282A40#282A40

#282A40 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.040 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A40
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(235, 23%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(235, 38%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 34.4%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.81, 5.44, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.81, 15.22, 290.96°)
OKLab	oklab(29.35% 0.0067 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(29.35% 0.04 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.6282, 2.4771, 5.1892)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A40 #403E28

analogous

#283640 #282A40 #322840

triadic

#282A40 #40282A #2A4028

tetradic

#282A40 #402836 #403E28 #284032

square

#282A40 #402836 #403E28 #284032

split-complementary

#282A40 #403228 #364028

monochromatic

#0C0C13 #10111A #282A40 #404366 #575B8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.04

#282A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#282A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A40

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A40	1.00	14.04	1.50	14.04
#FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#222E32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.040 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636375',
    500: '#282a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a40;
$custom-light: #636375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29353,
    "c": 0.04008,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A40

secondary

#726F52

accent

#B868C0

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#EAEAED

border

#C6C6C8

text

#050508

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A40

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

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