#286A9B#286A9B

#286A9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.102 H 244.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286A9B
RGB	rgb(40, 106, 155)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(206, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 31.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, -3.66, -32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 32.78, 263.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.6% -0.044 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(50.6% 0.102 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9432, 13.1244, 32.9078)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286A9B #9B5928

analogous

#289B92 #286A9B #28319B

triadic

#286A9B #9B286A #6A9B28

tetradic

#286A9B #92289B #9B5928 #319B28

square

#286A9B #92289B #9B5928 #319B28

split-complementary

#286A9B #9B2831 #9B9228

monochromatic

#0F273A #1B496A #286A9B #358BCB #66A7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#286A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#286A9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286A9B

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286A9B	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44619A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 106, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.102 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7294b8',
    500: '#286a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286a9b;
$custom-light: #7294b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.565,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50598,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286A9B

secondary

#BD8961

accent

#8846E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286A9B

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

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