#28596D#28596D

#28596D is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.062 H 227.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28596D
RGB	rgb(40, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.40, -9.92, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.40, 19.17, 238.83°)
OKLab	oklab(43.9% -0.0419 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(43.9% 0.062 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2067, 8.6993, 15.7644)
Luminance	0.0870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28596D #6D3C28

analogous

#286D5F #28596D #28376D

triadic

#28596D #6D2859 #596D28

tetradic

#28596D #5F286D #6D3C28 #376D28

square

#28596D #5F286D #6D3C28 #376D28

split-complementary

#28596D #6D2837 #6D5F28

monochromatic

#081216 #183440 #28596D #387E9A #509FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#28596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#28596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28596D

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28596D	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E576E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45506D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.062 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698897',
    500: '#28596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28596d;
$custom-light: #698897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 46.309,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.439,
    "c": 0.06205,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28596D

secondary

#9F6851

accent

#7852D6

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBEFF2

border

#C6CACC

text

#070B0D

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #28596D

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

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