#286AAE#286AAE

#286AAE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.126 H 252.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286AAE
RGB	rgb(40, 106, 174)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(210, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 39.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, 3.48, -42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 42.32, 274.71°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% -0.0387 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.126 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.6662, 13.8136, 41.9822)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286AAE #AE6C28

analogous

#28ADAE #286AAE #2928AE

triadic

#286AAE #AE286A #6AAE28

tetradic

#286AAE #AE28AD #AE6C28 #28AE29

square

#286AAE #AE28AD #AE6C28 #28AE29

split-complementary

#286AAE #AE2928 #ADAE28

monochromatic

#112D4A #1D4C7C #286AAE #4089D3 #72A7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#286AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#286AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286AAE

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286AAE	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A6FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3562AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 106, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.126 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7594c6',
    500: '#286aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286aae;
$custom-light: #7594c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.448,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51726,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286AAE

secondary

#C69A6C

accent

#9542E6

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF1F8

border

#C9CBD1

text

#0A0D13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #286AAE

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

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