#285e72

Color #285e72

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 14.27 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#285e72

RGB

rgb(40, 94, 114)

HSL

hsl(196.2, 48.1%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.2, 64.9%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(37.24, -11.17, -16.66)

LCH

lch(37.24, 20.06, 236.16)

OKLCH

oklch(45.4%, 0.0653, 225.43)

HWB

hwb(196.2, 15.7%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#723c28

Analogous

#287261

#285e72

#283972

Triadic

#285e72

#72285e

#5e7228

Split-complementary

#285e72

#722839

#726128

Tetradic

#285e72

#3c2872

#723c28

#5e7228

Square

#285e72

#612872

#723c28

#397228

Shades

Color #285e72 mixed toward black.

#214e5f

#1b3f4c

#142f39

#0d1f26

#071013

Tints

Color #285e72 mixed toward white.

#37829e

#4fa3c1

#7bbad1

#a7d1e0

#d3e8f0

Tones

Color #285e72 mixed toward gray.

#2e5b6c

#345866

#3a5660

#415359

#475053

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.93:1

White text reads better on this background (7.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#46466e · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#423e6c · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#2d6a69 · ΔE 11.2

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #285e72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#285e72]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#285e72 (#285e72) is rgb(40, 94, 114) in RGB.

No, #285e72 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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