#285E50#285E50

#285E50 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.062 H 173.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285E50
RGB	rgb(40, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(164, 40%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(164, 57%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 14.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.05, -21.74, 2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.05, 21.90, 173.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.09% -0.0619 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(44.09% 0.062 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3251, 9.0351, 8.9985)
Luminance	0.0904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285E50 #5E2836

analogous

#285E35 #285E50 #28515E

triadic

#285E50 #50285E #5E5028

tetradic

#285E50 #35285E #5E2836 #515E28

square

#285E50 #35285E #5E2836 #515E28

split-complementary

#285E50 #5E2851 #5E3528

monochromatic

#091512 #16332B #285E50 #3A8975 #4DB399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#285E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#285E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285E50

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285E50	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B584F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C5F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.062 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678c81',
    500: '#285e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285e50;
$custom-light: #678c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.444,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44087,
    "c": 0.06227,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285E50

secondary

#915162

accent

#5877D0

background

#F6F8F7

surface

#EBF0EE

border

#C6CBC9

text

#060C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #285E50

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

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