#282E40#282E40

#282E40 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.034 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E40
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(225, 23%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(225, 38%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.12, 2.62, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.12, 12.47, 282.14°)
OKLab	oklab(30.37% 0 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(30.37% 0.034 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.7772, 2.7752, 5.2388)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E40 #403A28

analogous

#283A40 #282E40 #2E2840

triadic

#282E40 #40282E #2E4028

tetradic

#282E40 #40283A #403A28 #28402E

square

#282E40 #40283A #403A28 #28402E

split-complementary

#282E40 #402E28 #3A4028

monochromatic

#0C0E13 #10131A #282E40 #404966 #57648B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.50

#282E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#282E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E40

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E40	1.00	13.50	1.56	13.50
#FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#283041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.034 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626674',
    500: '#282e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e40;
$custom-light: #626674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30366,
    "c": 0.03375,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E40

secondary

#726A52

accent

#AA68C0

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#EAEBED

border

#C6C6C8

text

#050608

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E40

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

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