#286A9C#286A9C

#286A9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.103 H 245.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286A9C
RGB	rgb(40, 106, 156)
HSL	hsl(206, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(206, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 32.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, -3.29, -33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 33.26, 264.33°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% -0.0437 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.103 245)
XYZ	xyz(12.0276, 13.1581, 33.3519)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286A9C #9C5A28

analogous

#289C94 #286A9C #28309C

triadic

#286A9C #9C286A #6A9C28

tetradic

#286A9C #94289C #9C5A28 #309C28

square

#286A9C #94289C #9C5A28 #309C28

split-complementary

#286A9C #9C2830 #9C9428

monochromatic

#0F283B #1C496B #286A9C #368BCB #67A7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#286A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#286A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286A9C

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286A9C	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43619B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00767C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 106, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.103 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7294b9',
    500: '#286a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286a9c;
$custom-light: #7294b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.862,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50655,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.13159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286A9C

secondary

#BE8A62

accent

#8945E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286A9C

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

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