#28599B#28599B

#28599B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.120 H 256.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#28599B
RGBrgb(40, 89, 155)
HSLhsl(214, 59%, 38%)
HSVhsv(214, 74%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 42.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LABlab(37.77, 7.08, -40.79)
CIE-LCHlch(37.77, 41.39, 279.84°)
OKLaboklab(46.54% -0.0274 -0.1165)
OKLCHoklch(46.54% 0.12 256.8)
XYZxyz(10.3617, 9.9613, 32.3806)
Luminance0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#28599B #9B6A28
analogous
#28929B #28599B #31289B
triadic
#28599B #9B2859 #599B28
tetradic
#28599B #9B2892 #9B6A28 #289B31
square
#28599B #9B2892 #9B6A28 #289B31
split-complementary
#28599B #9B3128 #929B28
monochromatic
#0F213A #1B3D6A #28599B #3575CB #6696D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02
#28599B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99
#28599B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28599B
7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##28599B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##28599B1.007.022.997.02
#FFFFFF7.021.0021.001.00
#0000002.9921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.021.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#395F9E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#26549A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006872
Achromatopsia (no color)
#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #28599b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 89, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.120 256.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7287b9',
    500: '#28599b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #28599b;
$custom-light: #7287b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#28599b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.435,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46544,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#28599B
secondary
#BD9661
accent
#9F46E2
background
#F7F8FB
surface
#EDEFF6
border
#C8CAD0
text
#090B11
muted
#7B7C80

Preview Lab

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#28599B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva