#282E37#282E37

#282E37 is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.018 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E37
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 55)
HSL	hsl(216, 16%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(216, 27%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.72, -0.13, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.72, 6.61, 268.88°)
OKLab	oklab(29.92% -0.0037 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(29.92% 0.018 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.5415, 2.6809, 3.9972)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E37 #373128

analogous

#283537 #282E37 #292837

triadic

#282E37 #37282E #2E3728

tetradic

#282E37 #372835 #373128 #283729

square

#282E37 #372835 #373128 #283729

split-complementary

#282E37 #372928 #353728

monochromatic

#0D0F12 #0E1014 #282E37 #424C5A #5C697E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.67

#282E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#282E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E37

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E37	1.00	13.67	1.54	13.67
#FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.018 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62666d',
    500: '#282e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e37;
$custom-light: #62666d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29918,
    "c": 0.01842,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E37

secondary

#685F53

accent

#9B6FB9

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050607

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E37

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

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