#286B8B#286B8B

#286B8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.084 H 232.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286B8B
RGB	rgb(40, 107, 139)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 23%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, -10.07, -23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 25.78, 247.01°)
OKLab	oklab(50% -0.0506 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.084 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7911, 12.8294, 26.3287)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286B8B #8B4828

analogous

#288B79 #286B8B #28398B

triadic

#286B8B #8B286B #6B8B28

tetradic

#286B8B #79288B #8B4828 #398B28

square

#286B8B #79288B #8B4828 #398B28

split-complementary

#286B8B #8B2839 #8B7928

monochromatic

#0D222C #1A465B #286B8B #3690BB #5DABD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#286B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#286B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286B8B

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286B8B	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E608B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 107, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.084 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f95ad',
    500: '#286b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286b8b;
$custom-light: #6f95ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.394,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49996,
    "c": 0.08367,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286B8B

secondary

#B67759

accent

#7949DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286B8B

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

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