#282E9A#282E9A

#282E9A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.172 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282E9A
RGB	rgb(40, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(237, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(237, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.97, 35.27, -59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.97, 69.00, 300.74°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% 0.0068 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.172 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6828, 4.7374, 31.0751)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282E9A #9A9428

analogous

#28679A #282E9A #5B289A

triadic

#282E9A #9A282E #2E9A28

tetradic

#282E9A #9A2867 #9A9428 #289A5B

square

#282E9A #9A2867 #9A9428 #289A5B

split-complementary

#282E9A #9A5B28 #679A28

monochromatic

#0F1139 #1B1F69 #282E9A #353DCA #656BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#282E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#282E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282E9A

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282E9A	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.172 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7467b9',
    500: '#282e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282e9a;
$custom-light: #7467b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3764,
    "c": 0.17168,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282E9A

secondary

#BDB861

accent

#DA46E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #282E9A

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

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