#285A8E#285A8E

#285A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.101 H 251.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285A8E
RGB	rgb(40, 90, 142)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(211, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 36.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.33, 1.47, -33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.33, 33.69, 272.49°)
OKLab	oklab(45.95% -0.0316 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(45.95% 0.101 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4119, 9.7154, 26.9652)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285A8E #8E5C28

analogous

#288D8E #285A8E #29288E

triadic

#285A8E #8E285A #5A8E28

tetradic

#285A8E #8E288D #8E5C28 #288E29

square

#285A8E #8E288D #8E5C28 #288E29

split-complementary

#285A8E #8E2928 #8D8E28

monochromatic

#0D1D2F #1B3C5E #285A8E #3578BE #5F97D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#285A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#285A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285A8E

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285A8E	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34538D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 90, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.101 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f88af',
    500: '#285a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285a8e;
$custom-light: #6f88af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.588,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45953,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285A8E

secondary

#B78A5B

accent

#9548DF

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #285A8E

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

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