#282C3E#282C3E

#282C3E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.033 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C3E
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 62)
HSL	hsl(229, 22%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(229, 35%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 29%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.37, 3.39, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.37, 12.45, 285.80°)
OKLab	oklab(29.75% 0.0026 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(29.75% 0.033 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.6450, 2.6002, 4.9190)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C3E #3E3A28

analogous

#28373E #282C3E #2F283E

triadic

#282C3E #3E282C #2C3E28

tetradic

#282C3E #3E2837 #3E3A28 #283E2F

square

#282C3E #3E2837 #3E3A28 #283E2F

split-complementary

#282C3E #3E2F28 #373E28

monochromatic

#0C0D13 #101219 #282C3E #404663 #586188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#282C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#282C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C3E

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C3E	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#222F32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.033 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626573',
    500: '#282c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c3e;
$custom-light: #626573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 21.569,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29747,
    "c": 0.03324,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C3E

secondary

#706A52

accent

#AF6ABE

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEC

border

#C6C6C7

text

#050508

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C3E

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

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