#285E56#285E56

#285E56 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.059 H 182.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285E56
RGB	rgb(40, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(171, 40%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.23, -20.06, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.23, 20.08, 182.39°)
OKLab	oklab(44.29% -0.0588 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(44.29% 0.059 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5568, 9.1278, 10.2186)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285E56 #5E2830

analogous

#285E3B #285E56 #284B5E

triadic

#285E56 #56285E #5E5628

tetradic

#285E56 #3B285E #5E2830 #4B5E28

square

#285E56 #3B285E #5E2830 #4B5E28

split-complementary

#285E56 #5E284B #5E3B28

monochromatic

#091514 #16332F #285E56 #3A897D #4DB3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#285E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#285E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285E56

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285E56	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.059 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688c85',
    500: '#285e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285e56;
$custom-light: #688c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44289,
    "c": 0.05891,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285E56

secondary

#91515A

accent

#5869D0

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #285E56

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

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