#283E36#283E36

#283E36 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.031 H 169.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283E36
RGB	rgb(40, 62, 54)
HSL	hsl(158, 22%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(158, 35%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 12.9%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.20, -10.77, 2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.20, 10.99, 168.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.26% -0.0307 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(34.26% 0.031 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.2633, 4.1625, 4.1208)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283E36 #3E2830

analogous

#283E2B #283E36 #283B3E

triadic

#283E36 #36283E #3E3628

tetradic

#283E36 #2B283E #3E2830 #3B3E28

square

#283E36 #2B283E #3E2830 #3B3E28

split-complementary

#283E36 #3E283B #3E2B28

monochromatic

#0C1310 #101916 #283E36 #406356 #588877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#283E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#283E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283E36

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283E36	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#223E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 62, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.031 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62736d',
    500: '#283e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283e36;
$custom-light: #62736d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 21.569,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34263,
    "c": 0.03121,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283E36

secondary

#70525D

accent

#6A88BE

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAECEB

border

#C6C7C6

text

#050807

muted

#797B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #283E36

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

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