#282142

Color #282142

A muted very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 23.8 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-950 #1e1a4d · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#282142

RGB

rgb(40, 33, 66)

HSL

hsl(252.7, 33.3%, 19.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.7, 50%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 50%, 0%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(15.13, 12.56, -19.81)

LCH

lch(15.13, 23.46, 302.38)

OKLCH

oklch(27.3%, 0.06, 291.73)

HWB

hwb(252.7, 12.9%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3b4221

Analogous

#212a42

#282142

#382142

Triadic

#282142

#422821

#214228

Split-complementary

#282142

#423821

#2a4221

Tetradic

#282142

#42213b

#3b4221

#214228

Square

#282142

#42212a

#3b4221

#214238

Shades

Color #282142 mixed toward black.

#211b37

#1b162c

#141021

#0d0b16

#07050b

Tints

Color #282142 mixed toward white.

#443870

#5f4f9d

#8576ba

#ada4d1

#d6d1e8

Tones

Color #282142 mixed toward gray.

#2a243f

#2b263c

#2d293a

#2e2c37

#302f34

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.39:1

White text reads better on this background (15.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#25253c · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#26263a · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#283635 · ΔE 21.5

Achromatopsia

#262626 · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #282142;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#282142]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#282142 (#282142) is rgb(40, 33, 66) in RGB.

No, #282142 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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