#282B41#282B41

#282B41 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.040 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282B41
RGB	rgb(40, 43, 65)
HSL	hsl(233, 24%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(233, 38%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 33.8%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.19, 5.06, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.19, 15.18, 289.45°)
OKLab	oklab(29.66% 0.0054 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(29.66% 0.04 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.6928, 2.5604, 5.3523)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282B41 #413E28

analogous

#283741 #282B41 #312841

triadic

#282B41 #41282B #2B4128

tetradic

#282B41 #412837 #413E28 #284131

square

#282B41 #412837 #413E28 #284131

split-complementary

#282B41 #413128 #374128

monochromatic

#0C0D13 #11121B #282B41 #3F4467 #575D8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#282B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#282B41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282B41

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282B41	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#212F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 43, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.040 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636475',
    500: '#282b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282b41;
$custom-light: #636475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.8,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2966,
    "c": 0.04018,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282B41

secondary

#736F52

accent

#B668C0

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#EAEAED

border

#C6C6C8

text

#050508

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #282B41

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

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