#285E78#285E78

#285E78 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.071 H 232.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285E78
RGB	rgb(40, 94, 120)
HSL	hsl(200, 50%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, -9.08, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 21.92, 245.52°)
OKLab	oklab(45.73% -0.0434 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(45.73% 0.071 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2666, 9.8117, 19.2239)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285E78 #784228

analogous

#28786A #285E78 #283678

triadic

#285E78 #78285E #5E7828

tetradic

#285E78 #6A2878 #784228 #367828

square

#285E78 #6A2878 #784228 #367828

split-complementary

#285E78 #782836 #786A28

monochromatic

#09161C #193A4A #285E78 #3782A6 #54A1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#285E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#285E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285E78

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285E78	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 94, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.071 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b8b9f',
    500: '#285e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285e78;
$custom-light: #6b8b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45734,
    "c": 0.07075,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285E78

secondary

#AA6E52

accent

#7C4EDA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#ECF0F2

border

#C7CBCC

text

#070C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #285E78

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

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