#28596C#28596C

#28596C is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.061 H 226.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28596C
RGB	rgb(40, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 17.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.36, -10.26, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.36, 18.88, 237.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.85% -0.0423 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(43.85% 0.061 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1532, 8.6779, 15.4825)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28596C #6C3B28

analogous

#286C5D #28596C #28376C

triadic

#28596C #6C2859 #596C28

tetradic

#28596C #5D286C #6C3B28 #376C28

square

#28596C #5D286C #6C3B28 #376C28

split-complementary

#28596C #6C2837 #6C5D28

monochromatic

#081216 #17343F #28596C #397E99 #509FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#28596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#28596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28596C

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28596C	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F576D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45506C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.061 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698896',
    500: '#28596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28596c;
$custom-light: #698896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43852,
    "c": 0.06117,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28596C

secondary

#9E6751

accent

#7752D6

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF1

border

#C6CACB

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #28596C

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

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