#282E8E#282E8E

#282E8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.156 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E8E
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 30.94, -53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 62.07, 299.89°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.0081 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.156 273)
XYZ	xyz(6.7329, 4.3574, 26.0722)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E8E #8E8828

analogous

#28618E #282E8E #55288E

triadic

#282E8E #8E282E #2E8E28

tetradic

#282E8E #8E2861 #8E8828 #288E55

square

#282E8E #8E2861 #8E8828 #288E55

split-complementary

#282E8E #8E5528 #618E28

monochromatic

#0D0F2F #1B1F5E #282E8E #353DBE #5F65D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#282E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#282E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E8E

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E8E	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.156 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7167b0',
    500: '#282e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e8e;
$custom-light: #7167b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36452,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.04358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E8E

secondary

#B7B25B

accent

#D648DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#090611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E8E

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

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