#285B59#285B59

#285B59 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.055 H 191.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285B59
RGB	rgb(40, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(178, 39%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, -17.55, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 18.01, 193.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% -0.0535 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.055 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4186, 8.6540, 10.7814)
Luminance	0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285B59 #5B282A

analogous

#285B3F #285B59 #28435B

triadic

#285B59 #59285B #5B5928

tetradic

#285B59 #3F285B #5B282A #435B28

square

#285B59 #3F285B #5B282A #435B28

split-complementary

#285B59 #5B2843 #5B3F28

monochromatic

#091515 #15302F #285B59 #3B8683 #4DB0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#285B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#285B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285B59

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285B59	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#025D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.055 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678987',
    500: '#285b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285b59;
$custom-light: #678987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.647,
    "s": 38.931,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43578,
    "c": 0.05472,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285B59

secondary

#8E5153

accent

#595ECF

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #285B59

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

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