#286A8B#286A8B

#286A8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.084 H 234.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286A8B
RGB	rgb(40, 106, 139)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 23.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.19, -9.48, -24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.19, 26.01, 248.63°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% -0.0495 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.084 234)
XYZ	xyz(10.6875, 12.6221, 26.2941)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286A8B #8B4928

analogous

#288B7A #286A8B #28398B

triadic

#286A8B #8B286A #6A8B28

tetradic

#286A8B #7A288B #8B4928 #398B28

square

#286A8B #7A288B #8B4928 #398B28

split-complementary

#286A8B #8B2839 #8B7A28

monochromatic

#0D222C #1A465B #286A8B #368EBB #5DAAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#286A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#286A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286A8B

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286A8B	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A698D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 106, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.084 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f94ad',
    500: '#286a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286a8b;
$custom-light: #6f94ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49744,
    "c": 0.08417,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.12623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286A8B

secondary

#B67859

accent

#7B49DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286A8B

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

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