#286A8E#286A8E

#286A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.087 H 236.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286A8E
RGB	rgb(40, 106, 142)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(201, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, -8.41, -25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 27.14, 251.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.9% -0.0484 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(49.9% 0.087 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9097, 12.7110, 27.4644)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286A8E #8E4C28

analogous

#288E7F #286A8E #28378E

triadic

#286A8E #8E286A #6A8E28

tetradic

#286A8E #7F288E #8E4C28 #378E28

square

#286A8E #7F288E #8E4C28 #378E28

split-complementary

#286A8E #8E2837 #8E7F28

monochromatic

#0D232F #1B465E #286A8E #358EBE #5FA9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#286A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#286A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286A8E

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286A8E	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 106, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.087 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f94af',
    500: '#286a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286a8e;
$custom-light: #6f94af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49897,
    "c": 0.0873,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286A8E

secondary

#B77B5B

accent

#7E48DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286A8E

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

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