#282D36#282D36

#282D36 is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.018 H 262.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282D36
RGB	rgb(40, 45, 54)
HSL	hsl(219, 15%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(219, 26%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.34, 0.27, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.34, 6.50, 272.36°)
OKLab	oklab(29.61% -0.0024 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(29.61% 0.018 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.4791, 2.5942, 3.8594)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282D36 #363128

analogous

#283436 #282D36 #2A2836

triadic

#282D36 #36282D #2D3628

tetradic

#282D36 #362834 #363128 #28362A

square

#282D36 #362834 #363128 #28362A

split-complementary

#282D36 #362A28 #343628

monochromatic

#0D0F12 #0E1013 #282D36 #424A59 #5C687C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.83

#282D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#282D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282D36

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282D36	1.00	13.83	1.52	13.83
#FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#242F30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 45, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.018 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62656d',
    500: '#282d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282d36;
$custom-light: #62656d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29608,
    "c": 0.01785,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282D36

secondary

#676053

accent

#9E70B8

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050507

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282D36

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

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