#282A8E#282A8E

#282A8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.160 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A8E
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(239, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(239, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.87, 33.51, -55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.87, 64.73, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% 0.0108 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.16 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5839, 4.0594, 26.0225)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A8E #8E8C28

analogous

#285D8E #282A8E #59288E

triadic

#282A8E #8E282A #2A8E28

tetradic

#282A8E #8E285D #8E8C28 #288E59

square

#282A8E #8E285D #8E8C28 #288E59

split-complementary

#282A8E #8E5928 #5D8E28

monochromatic

#0D0E2F #1B1C5E #282A8E #3538BE #5F61D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#282A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#282A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A8E

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A8E	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.160 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7164b0',
    500: '#282a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a8e;
$custom-light: #7164b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.824,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35762,
    "c": 0.16042,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A8E

secondary

#B7B55B

accent

#DC48DF

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A8E

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

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