#282C79#282C79

#282C79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.129 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C79
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 121)
HSL	hsl(237, 50%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(237, 67%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 63.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.42, 24.53, -44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.42, 50.87, 298.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.11% 0.0111 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(34.11% 0.129 275)
XYZ	xyz(5.2258, 3.6325, 18.5112)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C79 #797528

analogous

#285579 #282C79 #4D2879

triadic

#282C79 #79282C #2C7928

tetradic

#282C79 #792855 #797528 #28794D

square

#282C79 #792855 #797528 #28794D

split-complementary

#282C79 #794D28 #557928

monochromatic

#0A0B1D #191B4B #282C79 #373DA7 #555AC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#282C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#282C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C79

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C79	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.129 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c65a0',
    500: '#282c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c79;
$custom-light: #6c65a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.037,
    "s": 50.311,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34107,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.03633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C79

secondary

#ABA752

accent

#D34EDA

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#08050F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C79

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

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