#28596B#28596B

#28596B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.060 H 224.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28596B
RGB	rgb(40, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, -10.60, -15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 18.60, 235.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% -0.0428 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.06 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1003, 8.6567, 15.2038)
Luminance	0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28596B #6B3A28

analogous

#286B5C #28596B #28386B

triadic

#28596B #6B2859 #596B28

tetradic

#28596B #5C286B #6B3A28 #386B28

square

#28596B #5C286B #6B3A28 #386B28

split-complementary

#28596B #6B2838 #6B5C28

monochromatic

#081316 #17343E #28596B #397E98 #50A0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#28596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#28596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28596B

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28596B	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F576C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45506B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.060 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698895',
    500: '#28596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28596b;
$custom-light: #698895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 45.578,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43805,
    "c": 0.06034,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28596B

secondary

#9D6651

accent

#7653D5

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #28596B

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

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