#282E79#282E79

#282E79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.126 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E79
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 121)
HSL	hsl(236, 50%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(236, 67%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 62%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 23.17, -43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 49.46, 297.93°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.0093 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.126 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3021, 3.7851, 18.5366)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E79 #797328

analogous

#285779 #282E79 #4B2879

triadic

#282E79 #79282E #2E7928

tetradic

#282E79 #792857 #797328 #28794B

square

#282E79 #792857 #797328 #28794B

split-complementary

#282E79 #794B28 #577928

monochromatic

#0A0B1D #191D4B #282E79 #373FA7 #555DC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#282E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#282E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E79

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E79	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.126 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c66a0',
    500: '#282e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e79;
$custom-light: #6c66a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 50.311,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34499,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E79

secondary

#ABA452

accent

#CF4EDA

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#ECEBF2

border

#C7C6CC

text

#08060F

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E79

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

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