#285E8A#285E8A

#285E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.092 H 246.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285E8A
RGB	rgb(40, 94, 138)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(207, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.36, -2.56, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.36, 29.71, 265.05°)
OKLab	oklab(46.69% -0.037 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(46.69% 0.092 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4635, 10.2905, 25.5273)
Luminance	0.1029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285E8A #8A5428

analogous

#288A85 #285E8A #282D8A

triadic

#285E8A #8A285E #5E8A28

tetradic

#285E8A #85288A #8A5428 #2D8A28

square

#285E8A #85288A #8A5428 #2D8A28

split-complementary

#285E8A #8A282D #8A8528

monochromatic

#0C1D2B #1A3E5B #285E8A #367EB9 #5D9CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#285E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#285E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285E8A

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285E8A	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 94, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.092 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e8bac',
    500: '#285e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285e8a;
$custom-light: #6e8bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.939,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46694,
    "c": 0.09157,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285E8A

secondary

#B58259

accent

#8C49DE

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #285E8A

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

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