#282CA9#282CA9

#282CA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.193 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282CA9
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(238, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 41.73, -66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 78.61, 302.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% 0.0057 -0.1928)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.193 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9348, 5.1161, 38.0450)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282CA9 #A9A528

analogous

#286CA9 #282CA9 #6528A9

triadic

#282CA9 #A9282C #2CA928

tetradic

#282CA9 #A9286C #A9A528 #28A965

square

#282CA9 #A9286C #A9A528 #28A965

split-complementary

#282CA9 #A96528 #6CA928

monochromatic

#111246 #1C1F78 #282CA9 #3D42D1 #6F72DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#282CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#282CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282CA9

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282CA9	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.193 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7866c4',
    500: '#282ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282ca9;
$custom-light: #7866c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.14,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38881,
    "c": 0.19293,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282CA9

secondary

#C4C169

accent

#E043E5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0613

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #282CA9

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

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