#285E55#285E55

#285E55 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.059 H 181.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285E55
RGB	rgb(40, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(170, 40%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(170, 57%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 9.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.20, -20.35, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.20, 20.35, 180.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% -0.0594 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.059 181)
XYZ	xyz(6.5168, 9.1118, 10.0079)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285E55 #5E2831

analogous

#285E3A #285E55 #284C5E

triadic

#285E55 #55285E #5E5528

tetradic

#285E55 #3A285E #5E2831 #4C5E28

square

#285E55 #3A285E #5E2831 #4C5E28

split-complementary

#285E55 #5E284C #5E3A28

monochromatic

#091513 #16332E #285E55 #3A897C #4DB3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#285E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#285E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285E55

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285E55	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.059 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678c84',
    500: '#285e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285e55;
$custom-light: #678c84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44255,
    "c": 0.05937,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.09112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285E55

secondary

#91515C

accent

#586CD0

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #285E55

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

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