#282C8C#282C8C

#282C8C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.155 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C8C
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 140)
HSL	hsl(238, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(238, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 68.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 31.51, -53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 62.24, 300.41°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.0097 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.155 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5078, 4.1453, 25.2630)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C8C #8C8828

analogous

#285E8C #282C8C #56288C

triadic

#282C8C #8C282C #2C8C28

tetradic

#282C8C #8C285E #8C8828 #288C56

square

#282C8C #8C285E #8C8828 #288C56

split-complementary

#282C8C #8C5628 #5E8C28

monochromatic

#0D0E2D #1A1D5C #282C8C #363BBC #5E62D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#282C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#282C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C8C

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C8C	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.155 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7165af',
    500: '#282c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c8c;
$custom-light: #7165af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.6,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35905,
    "c": 0.15539,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C8C

secondary

#B6B35A

accent

#D949DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090510

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C8C

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

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