Recognised as Colour

#285D73

#285D73
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#285D73 is a cyan with RGB values 40, 93, 115 and HSL 198°, 48%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#285D73

RGBrgb(40, 93, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.3647, 0.451

RGB percentages15.7%, 36.5%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(197.6, 48.4%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 65.2%, 45.1%)

CMYK65.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,645,363

CSS custom property--colour: #285D73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09518WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.23:1

Contrast with white7.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#D7A28C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#525B74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#475473no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Tritanopia#006364no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.2 Slate grey · ΔE 19.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.6 Dim grey · ΔE 21.8 Steel blue · ΔE 22.1 Teal · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 15.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#733E28

Analogous#287364, #283773

Triadic#73285D, #5D7328

Split complementary#732837, #736428

Tetradic#642873, #733E28, #377328

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#8FC3D8

Lighter +30%#69AECB

Lighter +20%#439ABE

Lighter +10%#357C99

Darker −10%#1B3E4D

Darker −20%#0E2027

Darker −30%#010101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#156586

Less saturated −25%#3B5560

Channel breakdown

R40

G93

B115

Red40 (15.7%)

Green93 (36.5%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue197.6°

Saturation (HSL)48.39%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 28 · G 5D · B 73

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