#282CC4#282CC4

#282CC4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.225 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282CC4
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 196)
HSL	hsl(238, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(238, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 77.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 50.70, -77.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 92.87, 303.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.001 -0.2254)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.225 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7362, 6.2367, 52.7991)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282CC4 #C4C028

analogous

#287AC4 #282CC4 #7228C4

triadic

#282CC4 #C4282C #2CC428

tetradic

#282CC4 #C4287A #C4C028 #28C472

square

#282CC4 #C4287A #C4C028 #28C472

split-complementary

#282CC4 #C47228 #7AC428

monochromatic

#13155E #1E2191 #282CC4 #4E52DB #8184E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#282CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#282CC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282CC4

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282CC4	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.225 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f68d7',
    500: '#282cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282cc4;
$custom-light: #7f68d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41825,
    "c": 0.22536,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282CC4

secondary

#CECC7A

accent

#E53FE9

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFB

border

#CBC6D4

text

#0C0615

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #282CC4

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

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