#285D79#285D79

#285D79 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.072 H 234.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285D79
RGB	rgb(40, 93, 121)
HSL	hsl(201, 50%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, -8.13, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 22.52, 248.84°)
OKLab	oklab(45.53% -0.0419 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(45.53% 0.072 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2393, 9.6594, 19.5157)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285D79 #794428

analogous

#28796D #285D79 #283579

triadic

#285D79 #79285D #5D7928

tetradic

#285D79 #6D2879 #794428 #357928

square

#285D79 #6D2879 #794428 #357928

split-complementary

#285D79 #792835 #796D28

monochromatic

#0A161D #193A4B #285D79 #3780A7 #559FC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#285D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#285D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285D79

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285D79	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 93, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.072 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8a9f',
    500: '#285d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285d79;
$custom-light: #6b8a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.741,
    "s": 50.311,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45527,
    "c": 0.07224,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285D79

secondary

#AB7152

accent

#7E4EDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #285D79

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

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