#282A42#282A42

#282A42 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.044 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A42
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(235, 25%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(235, 39%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 36.4%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.92, 6.09, -15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.92, 16.58, 291.56°)
OKLab	oklab(29.47% 0.0074 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(29.47% 0.044 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.6861, 2.5003, 5.4943)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A42 #424028

analogous

#283742 #282A42 #332842

triadic

#282A42 #42282A #2A4228

tetradic

#282A42 #422837 #424028 #284233

square

#282A42 #422837 #424028 #284233

split-complementary

#282A42 #423328 #374228

monochromatic

#0C0C13 #11121C #282A42 #3F4268 #565A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.00

#282A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#282A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A42

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A42	1.00	14.00	1.50	14.00
#FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#212F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.044 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636376',
    500: '#282a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a42;
$custom-light: #636376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 24.528,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29469,
    "c": 0.04363,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A42

secondary

#747152

accent

#BA67C1

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#EAEAED

border

#C6C6C8

text

#050508

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A42

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

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