#282C5E#282C5E

#282C5E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.088 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C5E
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 94)
HSL	hsl(236, 40%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(236, 57%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 53.2%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.28, 14.50, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.28, 33.80, 295.41°)
OKLab	oklab(31.84% 0.0103 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(31.84% 0.088 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7955, 3.0604, 10.9782)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C5E #5E5A28

analogous

#28475E #282C5E #3F285E

triadic

#282C5E #5E282C #2C5E28

tetradic

#282C5E #5E2847 #5E5A28 #285E3F

square

#282C5E #5E2847 #5E5A28 #285E3F

split-complementary

#282C5E #5E3F28 #475E28

monochromatic

#090A15 #161833 #282C5E #3A4089 #4D55B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.03

#282C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#282C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C5E

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C5E	1.00	13.03	1.61	13.03
#FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D2F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F3740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.088 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67658c',
    500: '#282c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c5e;
$custom-light: #67658c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31841,
    "c": 0.0877,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C5E

secondary

#918C51

accent

#C758D0

background

#F6F6F8

surface

#EBEBF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#06050C

muted

#7A7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C5E

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

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