#286A8F#286A8F

#286A8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.088 H 237.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286A8F
RGB	rgb(40, 106, 143)
HSL	hsl(202, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(202, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 25.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, -8.04, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 27.54, 253.01°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% -0.0481 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.088 237)
XYZ	xyz(10.9851, 12.7411, 27.8616)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286A8F #8F4D28

analogous

#288F80 #286A8F #28378F

triadic

#286A8F #8F286A #6A8F28

tetradic

#286A8F #80288F #8F4D28 #378F28

square

#286A8F #80288F #8F4D28 #378F28

split-complementary

#286A8F #8F2837 #8F8028

monochromatic

#0D232F #1B475F #286A8F #358DBF #5FA9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#286A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#286A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286A8F

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286A8F	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A608E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 106, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.088 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7094b0',
    500: '#286a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286a8f;
$custom-light: #7094b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.553,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49949,
    "c": 0.08837,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.12742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286A8F

secondary

#B87C5B

accent

#7F48E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286A8F

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

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