#285D8A#285D8A

#285D8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.092 H 247.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285D8A
RGB	rgb(40, 93, 138)
HSL	hsl(208, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(208, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 32.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.05, -1.94, -30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.05, 30.16, 266.32°)
OKLab	oklab(46.45% -0.036 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(46.45% 0.092 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3751, 10.1138, 25.4979)
Luminance	0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285D8A #8A5528

analogous

#288A86 #285D8A #282C8A

triadic

#285D8A #8A285D #5D8A28

tetradic

#285D8A #86288A #8A5528 #2C8A28

square

#285D8A #86288A #8A5528 #2C8A28

split-complementary

#285D8A #8A282C #8A8628

monochromatic

#0C1D2B #1A3D5B #285D8A #367DB9 #5D9BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#285D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#285D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285D8A

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285D8A	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 93, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.092 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e8aac',
    500: '#285d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285d8a;
$custom-light: #6e8aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.551,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46448,
    "c": 0.09248,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285D8A

secondary

#B58359

accent

#8E49DE

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #285D8A

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

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