#285D74#285D74

#285D74 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.067 H 229.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285D74
RGB	rgb(40, 93, 116)
HSL	hsl(198, 49%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 19.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, -9.89, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 20.77, 241.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.28% -0.0438 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(45.28% 0.067 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9406, 9.5400, 17.9425)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285D74 #743F28

analogous

#287465 #285D74 #283774

triadic

#285D74 #74285D #5D7428

tetradic

#285D74 #652874 #743F28 #377428

square

#285D74 #652874 #743F28 #377428

split-complementary

#285D74 #742837 #746528

monochromatic

#091419 #183946 #285D74 #3881A2 #53A1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#285D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#285D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285D74

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285D74	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515C75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 93, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.067 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8b9c',
    500: '#285d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285d74;
$custom-light: #6b8b9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.158,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45279,
    "c": 0.06728,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285D74

secondary

#A66B52

accent

#7950D8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #285D74

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

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