#285E9C#285E9C

#285E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.115 H 253.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285E9C
RGB	rgb(40, 94, 156)
HSL	hsl(212, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(212, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 39.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.34, 4.23, -38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.34, 39.12, 276.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% -0.0319 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.115 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8763, 10.8556, 32.9682)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285E9C #9C6628

analogous

#28989C #285E9C #2C289C

triadic

#285E9C #9C285E #5E9C28

tetradic

#285E9C #9C2898 #9C6628 #289C2C

square

#285E9C #9C2898 #9C6628 #289C2C

split-complementary

#285E9C #9C2C28 #989C28

monochromatic

#0F233B #1C416B #285E9C #367BCB #679BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#285E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#285E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285E9C

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285E9C	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41629E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F589B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 94, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.115 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#728bb9',
    500: '#285e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285e9c;
$custom-light: #728bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.069,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4778,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285E9C

secondary

#BE9362

accent

#9945E2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #285E9C

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

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