#286b5e

Color #286b5e

A moderately saturated dark green.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 12.77 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#286b5e

RGB

rgb(40, 107, 94)

HSL

hsl(168.4, 45.6%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(168.4, 62.6%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 12.1%, 58%)

LAB

lab(40.85, -24.56, 1)

LCH

lch(40.85, 24.58, 177.67)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.0708, 178.14)

HWB

hwb(168.4, 15.7%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b2835

Analogous

#286b3c

#286b5e

#28566b

Triadic

#286b5e

#5e286b

#6b5e28

Split-complementary

#286b5e

#6b2856

#6b3c28

Tetradic

#286b5e

#28356b

#6b2835

#6b5e28

Square

#286b5e

#3c286b

#6b2835

#566b28

Shades

Color #286b5e mixed toward black.

#21594e

#1b473f

#14352f

#0d241f

#071210

Tints

Color #286b5e mixed toward white.

#389785

#4fbda8

#7bcebe

#a7ded3

#d3efe9

Tones

Color #286b5e mixed toward gray.

#2e655b

#336057

#395a54

#3e5550

#444f4d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.35:1

White text reads better on this background (6.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e61 · ΔE 26.5

Deuteranopia

#4a4562 · ΔE 30.1

Tritanopia

#2e6464 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #286b5e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#286b5e]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Frequently asked questions

#286b5e (#286b5e) is rgb(40, 107, 94) in RGB.

No, #286b5e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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