#282a52

Color #282a52

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 24.38 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#282a52

RGB

rgb(40, 42, 82)

HSL

hsl(237.1, 34.4%, 23.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.1, 51.2%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.2%, 48.8%, 0%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(18.87, 11.58, -24.8)

LCH

lch(18.87, 27.37, 295.03)

OKLCH

oklch(30.5%, 0.0712, 279.13)

HWB

hwb(237.1, 15.7%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#525028

Analogous

#283f52

#282a52

#3b2852

Triadic

#282a52

#52282a

#2a5228

Split-complementary

#282a52

#523b28

#3f5228

Tetradic

#282a52

#502852

#525028

#2a5228

Square

#282a52

#52283f

#525028

#28523b

Shades

Color #282a52 mixed toward black.

#212344

#1b1c37

#141529

#0d0e1b

#07070e

Tints

Color #282a52 mixed toward white.

#3d407d

#5257a9

#7d80bf

#a8aad5

#d4d5ea

Tones

Color #282a52 mixed toward gray.

#2b2d4e

#2f304b

#323347

#363744

#393a40

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.54:1

White text reads better on this background (13.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#29294b · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#292949 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#284442 · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#2e2e2e · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #282a52;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#282a52]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#282a52 (#282a52) is rgb(40, 42, 82) in RGB.

No, #282a52 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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