#285A42#285A42

#285A42 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.068 H 160.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285A42
RGB	rgb(40, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(151, 38%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(151, 56%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 26.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.31, -23.28, 8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.31, 24.89, 159.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% -0.0641 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.068 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5141, 8.1563, 6.4369)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285A42 #5A2840

analogous

#285A29 #285A42 #28595A

triadic

#285A42 #42285A #5A4228

tetradic

#285A42 #29285A #5A2840 #595A28

square

#285A42 #29285A #5A2840 #595A28

split-complementary

#285A42 #5A2859 #5A2928

monochromatic

#091510 #153023 #285A42 #3B8461 #4EAF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#285A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#285A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285A42

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285A42	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#185A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.068 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668976',
    500: '#285a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285a42;
$custom-light: #668976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.2,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42546,
    "c": 0.06797,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285A42

secondary

#8D516E

accent

#5992CE

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#060B08

muted

#7A7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #285A42

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

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