#285D8E#285D8E

#285D8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.098 H 249.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285D8E
RGB	rgb(40, 93, 142)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(209, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.26, -0.44, -32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.26, 32.19, 269.21°)
OKLab	oklab(46.68% -0.0347 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(46.68% 0.098 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6701, 10.2318, 27.0512)
Luminance	0.1023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285D8E #8E5928

analogous

#288E8C #285D8E #282A8E

triadic

#285D8E #8E285D #5D8E28

tetradic

#285D8E #8C288E #8E5928 #2A8E28

square

#285D8E #8C288E #8E5928 #2A8E28

split-complementary

#285D8E #8E282A #8E8C28

monochromatic

#0D1E2F #1B3E5E #285D8E #357CBE #5F9AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#285D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#285D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285D8E

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285D8E	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39568D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 93, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.098 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f8aaf',
    500: '#285d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285d8e;
$custom-light: #6f8aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.824,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46681,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285D8E

secondary

#B7875B

accent

#9148DF

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #285D8E

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

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