#285EAE#285EAE

#285EAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.140 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#285EAE
RGB	rgb(40, 94, 174)
HSL	hsl(216, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(216, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 46%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.43, 11.15, -47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.43, 49.11, 283.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% -0.0281 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.14 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5150, 11.5111, 41.5985)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#285EAE #AE7828

analogous

#28A1AE #285EAE #3528AE

triadic

#285EAE #AE285E #5EAE28

tetradic

#285EAE #AE28A1 #AE7828 #28AE35

square

#285EAE #AE28A1 #AE7828 #28AE35

split-complementary

#285EAE #AE3528 #A1AE28

monochromatic

#11284A #1D437C #285EAE #407BD3 #729EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#285EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#285EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #285EAE

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##285EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##285EAE	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3466B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#155AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00717D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #285eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 94, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.140 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#768bc7',
    500: '#285eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #285eae;
$custom-light: #768bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#285eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.821,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4898,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#285EAE

secondary

#C6A26C

accent

#A442E6

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEF0F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #285EAE

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

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