#285C56#285C56

#285C56 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.057 H 185.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285C56
RGB	rgb(40, 92, 86)
HSL	hsl(173, 39%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(173, 57%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.55, -18.99, -1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.55, 19.07, 185.52°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% -0.0563 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.057 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3812, 8.7767, 10.1601)
Luminance	0.0878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285C56 #5C282E

analogous

#285C3C #285C56 #28485C

triadic

#285C56 #56285C #5C5628

tetradic

#285C56 #3C285C #5C282E #485C28

square

#285C56 #3C285C #5C282E #485C28

split-complementary

#285C56 #5C2848 #5C3C28

monochromatic

#091514 #15312E #285C56 #3B877E #4DB1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#285C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#285C56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285C56

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285C56	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#065E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 92, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.057 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678a85',
    500: '#285c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285c56;
$custom-light: #678a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4374,
    "c": 0.05655,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285C56

secondary

#8F5158

accent

#5966CF

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #285C56

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

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