#282E41#282E41

#282E41 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.035 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E41
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 65)
HSL	hsl(226, 24%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(226, 38%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 29.2%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.17, 2.94, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.17, 13.13, 282.94°)
OKLab	oklab(30.42% 0.0004 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(30.42% 0.035 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.8059, 2.7867, 5.3900)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E41 #413B28

analogous

#283A41 #282E41 #2E2841

triadic

#282E41 #41282E #2E4128

tetradic

#282E41 #41283A #413B28 #28412E

square

#282E41 #41283A #413B28 #28412E

split-complementary

#282E41 #412E28 #3A4128

monochromatic

#0C0D13 #11131B #282E41 #3F4967 #57648D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.48

#282E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#282E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E41

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E41	1.00	13.48	1.56	13.48
#FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#283042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.035 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636675',
    500: '#282e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e41;
$custom-light: #636675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3042,
    "c": 0.03549,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E41

secondary

#736B52

accent

#AB68C0

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#EAEBED

border

#C6C6C8

text

#050608

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E41

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

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