#282C41#282C41

#282C41 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.039 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C41
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 65)
HSL	hsl(230, 24%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(230, 38%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 32.3%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.51, 4.35, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.51, 14.48, 287.48°)
OKLab	oklab(29.91% 0.0037 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(29.91% 0.039 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.7296, 2.6340, 5.3646)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C41 #413D28

analogous

#283841 #282C41 #302841

triadic

#282C41 #41282C #2C4128

tetradic

#282C41 #412838 #413D28 #284130

square

#282C41 #412838 #413D28 #284130

split-complementary

#282C41 #413028 #384128

monochromatic

#0C0D13 #11121B #282C41 #3F4667 #575F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#282C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#282C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C41

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C41	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.039 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636475',
    500: '#282c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c41;
$custom-light: #636475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.4,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29911,
    "c": 0.03856,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C41

secondary

#736E52

accent

#B268C0

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#EAEBED

border

#C6C6C8

text

#050508

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C41

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

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