#282E44#282E44

#282E44 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.041 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E44
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 68)
HSL	hsl(227, 26%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(227, 41%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 32.4%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.32, 3.92, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.32, 15.13, 285.01°)
OKLab	oklab(30.59% 0.0015 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(30.59% 0.041 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.8951, 2.8223, 5.8599)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E44 #443E28

analogous

#283C44 #282E44 #302844

triadic

#282E44 #44282E #2E4428

tetradic

#282E44 #44283C #443E28 #284430

square

#282E44 #44283C #443E28 #284430

split-complementary

#282E44 #443028 #3C4428

monochromatic

#0B0D13 #11141D #282E44 #3F486B #556291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#282E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#282E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E44

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E44	1.00	13.42	1.56	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#273045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#203236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.041 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636678',
    500: '#282e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e44;
$custom-light: #636678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30585,
    "c": 0.04072,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E44

secondary

#766E52

accent

#AE65C2

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#EAEBED

border

#C6C6C8

text

#050608

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E44

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

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