#282b3e

Color #282b3e

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.47 Nearest Tailwind class slate-800 #1d293d · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#282b3e

RGB

rgb(40, 43, 62)

HSL

hsl(231.8, 21.6%, 20%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.8, 35.5%, 24.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.5%, 30.6%, 0%, 75.7%)

LAB

lab(18.04, 4.1, -12.48)

LCH

lch(18.04, 13.14, 288.19)

OKLCH

oklch(29.5%, 0.0349, 277.08)

HWB

hwb(231.8, 15.7%, 75.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3e3b28

Analogous

#28363e

#282b3e

#30283e

Triadic

#282b3e

#3e282b

#2b3e28

Split-complementary

#282b3e

#3e3028

#363e28

Tetradic

#282b3e

#3b283e

#3e3b28

#2b3e28

Square

#282b3e

#3e2836

#3e3b28

#283e30

Shades

Color #282b3e mixed toward black.

#212434

#1b1d29

#14151f

#0d0e15

#07070a

Tints

Color #282b3e mixed toward white.

#434867

#5d6491

#8389af

#acb0ca

#d6d8e4

Tones

Color #282b3e mixed toward gray.

#2a2c3c

#2c2e3a

#2d2f39

#2f3037

#313235

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.51:1

White text reads better on this background (13.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#29293a · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#292939 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#283736 · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 10.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #282b3e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#282b3e]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#282b3e (#282b3e) is rgb(40, 43, 62) in RGB.

No, #282b3e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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