#282E6B#282E6B

#282E6B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.105 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E6B
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 107)
HSL	hsl(235, 46%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(235, 63%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 57%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 17.92, -36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 40.70, 296.13°)
OKLab	oklab(33.31% 0.009 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(33.31% 0.105 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5050, 3.4663, 14.3387)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E6B #6B6528

analogous

#28506B #282E6B #44286B

triadic

#282E6B #6B282E #2E6B28

tetradic

#282E6B #6B2850 #6B6528 #286B44

square

#282E6B #6B2850 #6B6528 #286B44

split-complementary

#282E6B #6B4428 #506B28

monochromatic

#080A16 #171B3E #282E6B #394198 #505ABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#282E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#282E6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E6B

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E6B	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06376D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00316A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.105 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#696696',
    500: '#282e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e6b;
$custom-light: #696696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.627,
    "s": 45.578,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33305,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E6B

secondary

#9D9751

accent

#CA53D5

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#07060D

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E6B

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

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