#282C96#282C96

#282C96 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.169 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C96
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 150)
HSL	hsl(238, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(238, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 70.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 35.10, -58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 68.02, 301.06°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.0085 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.169 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2789, 4.4538, 29.3243)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C96 #969228

analogous

#286396 #282C96 #5B2896

triadic

#282C96 #96282C #2C9628

tetradic

#282C96 #962863 #969228 #28965B

square

#282C96 #962863 #969228 #28965B

split-complementary

#282C96 #965B28 #639628

monochromatic

#0E1035 #1B1E66 #282C96 #353AC6 #6367D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#282C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#282C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C96

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C96	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.169 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7366b6',
    500: '#282c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c96;
$custom-light: #7366b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.818,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36903,
    "c": 0.1687,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C96

secondary

#BBB85F

accent

#DC47E1

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C96

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

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