#283A38#283A38

#283A38 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.024 H 187.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283A38
RGB	rgb(40, 58, 56)
HSL	hsl(173, 18%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(173, 31%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 0%, 3.4%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, -7.76, -1.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 7.84, 188.12°)
OKLab	oklab(33.22% -0.0233 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(33.22% 0.024 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.1017, 3.7626, 4.3034)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283A38 #3A282A

analogous

#283A2F #283A38 #28333A

triadic

#283A38 #38283A #3A3828

tetradic

#283A38 #2F283A #3A282A #333A28

square

#283A38 #2F283A #3A282A #333A28

split-complementary

#283A38 #3A2833 #3A2F28

monochromatic

#0C1211 #0F1615 #283A38 #415E5B #5A827E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#283A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#283A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283A38

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283A38	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#223B39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 58, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.024 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62706e',
    500: '#283a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283a38;
$custom-light: #62706e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 18.367,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33219,
    "c": 0.02352,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283A38

secondary

#6B5355

accent

#6D75BB

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAECEB

border

#C6C7C6

text

#050707

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #283A38

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

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