#282E50#282E50

#282E50 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.061 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E50
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 80)
HSL	hsl(231, 33%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(231, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 42.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.98, 8.02, -21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.98, 23.13, 290.29°)
OKLab	oklab(31.31% 0.0051 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(31.31% 0.061 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.2996, 2.9841, 7.9900)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E50 #504A28

analogous

#284250 #282E50 #362850

triadic

#282E50 #50282E #2E5028

tetradic

#282E50 #502842 #504A28 #285036

square

#282E50 #502842 #504A28 #285036

split-complementary

#282E50 #503628 #425028

monochromatic

#0A0C14 #141727 #282E50 #3C4579 #515DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.15

#282E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#282E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E50

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E50	1.00	13.15	1.60	13.15
#FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#213251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2F4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A353B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.061 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#646681',
    500: '#282e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e50;
$custom-light: #646681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31314,
    "c": 0.0614,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E50

secondary

#837B51

accent

#B95EC9

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#EBEBEE

border

#C6C6C9

text

#06050A

muted

#7A7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E50

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

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