#286B8A#286B8A

#286B8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.083 H 231.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286B8A
RGB	rgb(40, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, -10.42, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 25.43, 245.81°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% -0.051 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.083 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7184, 12.8003, 25.9456)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286B8A #8A4728

analogous

#288A78 #286B8A #283A8A

triadic

#286B8A #8A286B #6B8A28

tetradic

#286B8A #78288A #8A4728 #3A8A28

square

#286B8A #78288A #8A4728 #3A8A28

split-complementary

#286B8A #8A283A #8A7828

monochromatic

#0C212B #1A465B #286B8A #3690B9 #5DABD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#286B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#286B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286B8A

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286B8A	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E608A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.083 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f95ac',
    500: '#286b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286b8a;
$custom-light: #6f95ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.98,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49946,
    "c": 0.08269,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286B8A

secondary

#B57659

accent

#7949DE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286B8A

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

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