#282E42#282E42

#282E42 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.037 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E42
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 66)
HSL	hsl(226, 25%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(226, 39%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 30.3%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.22, 3.27, -13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.22, 13.80, 283.69°)
OKLab	oklab(30.47% 0.0008 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(30.47% 0.037 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.8351, 2.7983, 5.5440)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E42 #423C28

analogous

#283B42 #282E42 #2F2842

triadic

#282E42 #42282E #2E4228

tetradic

#282E42 #42283B #423C28 #28422F

square

#282E42 #42283B #423C28 #28422F

split-complementary

#282E42 #422F28 #3B4228

monochromatic

#0C0D13 #11131C #282E42 #3F4968 #56638E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.46

#282E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#282E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E42

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E42	1.00	13.46	1.56	13.46
#FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#283043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#203235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.037 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636676',
    500: '#282e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e42;
$custom-light: #636676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 24.528,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30474,
    "c": 0.03723,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E42

secondary

#746C52

accent

#AC67C1

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#EAEBED

border

#C6C6C8

text

#050608

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E42

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

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