#285E72#285E72

#285E72 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.065 H 225.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285E72
RGB	rgb(40, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, -11.17, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 20.06, 236.16°)
OKLab	oklab(45.44% -0.0458 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(45.44% 0.065 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9138, 9.6706, 17.3659)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285E72 #723C28

analogous

#287261 #285E72 #283972

triadic

#285E72 #72285E #5E7228

tetradic

#285E72 #612872 #723C28 #397228

square

#285E72 #612872 #723C28 #397228

split-complementary

#285E72 #722839 #726128

monochromatic

#081317 #183945 #285E72 #38839F #52A4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#285E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#285E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285E72

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285E72	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)

#535C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.065 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8b9a',
    500: '#285e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285e72;
$custom-light: #6a8b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 48.052,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45443,
    "c": 0.06526,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285E72

secondary

#A46852

accent

#7550D8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #285E72

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

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