#285D56#285D56

#285D56 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.058 H 183.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285D56
RGB	rgb(40, 93, 86)
HSL	hsl(172, 40%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 7.5%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.89, -19.53, -1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.89, 19.57, 183.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% -0.0576 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.058 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4684, 8.9511, 10.1892)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285D56 #5D282F

analogous

#285D3B #285D56 #28495D

triadic

#285D56 #56285D #5D5628

tetradic

#285D56 #3B285D #5D282F #495D28

square

#285D56 #3B285D #5D282F #495D28

split-complementary

#285D56 #5D2849 #5D3B28

monochromatic

#091514 #16322E #285D56 #3A887E #4DB2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#285D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#285D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285D56

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285D56	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#055F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 93, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.058 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678b85',
    500: '#285d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285d56;
$custom-light: #678b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.075,
    "s": 39.85,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44015,
    "c": 0.05771,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285D56

secondary

#905159

accent

#5868D0

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #285D56

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

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