#282C40#282C40

#282C40 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.037 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C40
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 64)
HSL	hsl(230, 23%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(230, 38%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 31.2%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.46, 4.03, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.46, 13.80, 286.96°)
OKLab	oklab(29.86% 0.0034 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(29.86% 0.037 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.7009, 2.6226, 5.2134)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C40 #403C28

analogous

#283840 #282C40 #302840

triadic

#282C40 #40282C #2C4028

tetradic

#282C40 #402838 #403C28 #284030

square

#282C40 #402838 #403C28 #284030

split-complementary

#282C40 #403028 #384028

monochromatic

#0C0D13 #10121A #282C40 #404666 #57608B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.77

#282C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#282C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C40

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C40	1.00	13.77	1.52	13.77
#FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.037 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626475',
    500: '#282c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c40;
$custom-light: #626475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29856,
    "c": 0.03678,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C40

secondary

#726C52

accent

#B168C0

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#EAEBED

border

#C6C6C8

text

#050508

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C40

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

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