#285e77

Color #285e77

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.86 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#285e77

RGB

rgb(40, 94, 119)

HSL

hsl(199, 49.7%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199, 66.4%, 46.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.4%, 21%, 0%, 53.3%)

LAB

lab(37.46, -9.43, -19.41)

LCH

lch(37.46, 21.58, 244.09)

OKLCH

oklch(45.7%, 0.0698, 231.11)

HWB

hwb(199, 15.7%, 53.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#774128

Analogous

#287769

#285e77

#283777

Triadic

#285e77

#77285e

#5e7728

Split-complementary

#285e77

#772837

#776928

Tetradic

#285e77

#412877

#774128

#5e7728

Square

#285e77

#692877

#774128

#377728

Shades

Color #285e77 mixed toward black.

#214e63

#1b3f4f

#142f3c

#0d1f28

#071014

Tints

Color #285e77 mixed toward white.

#3781a3

#509fc4

#7cb7d3

#a7cfe2

#d3e7f0

Tones

Color #285e77 mixed toward gray.

#2f5c71

#35596a

#3c5763

#42545d

#495256

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.96:1

White text reads better on this background (7.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#464672 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#423e70 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#2d6d6c · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #285e77;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#285e77]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Light Blue #add8e6

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#285e77 (#285e77) is rgb(40, 94, 119) in RGB.

No, #285e77 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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