#286A8A#286A8A

#286A8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.083 H 233.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286A8A
RGB	rgb(40, 106, 138)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 23.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.14, -9.84, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.14, 25.65, 247.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% -0.0499 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.083 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6147, 12.5930, 25.9111)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286A8A #8A4828

analogous

#288A79 #286A8A #28398A

triadic

#286A8A #8A286A #6A8A28

tetradic

#286A8A #79288A #8A4828 #398A28

square

#286A8A #79288A #8A4828 #398A28

split-complementary

#286A8A #8A2839 #8A7928

monochromatic

#0C212B #1A465B #286A8A #368EB9 #5DAAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#286A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#286A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286A8A

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286A8A	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A698C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 106, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.083 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f94ac',
    500: '#286a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286a8a;
$custom-light: #6f94ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49693,
    "c": 0.08316,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286A8A

secondary

#B57759

accent

#7A49DE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286A8A

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

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