#286B8D#286B8D

#286B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.086 H 234.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286B8D
RGB	rgb(40, 107, 141)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, -9.36, -24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 26.50, 249.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% -0.0499 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.086 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9386, 12.8884, 27.1054)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286B8D #8D4A28

analogous

#288D7C #286B8D #28388D

triadic

#286B8D #8D286B #6B8D28

tetradic

#286B8D #7C288D #8D4A28 #388D28

square

#286B8D #7C288D #8D4A28 #388D28

split-complementary

#286B8D #8D2838 #8D7C28

monochromatic

#0D232E #1A475D #286B8D #368FBD #5EABD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#286B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#286B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286B8D

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286B8D	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D608C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.086 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f95ae',
    500: '#286b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286b8d;
$custom-light: #6f95ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.198,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50097,
    "c": 0.08568,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286B8D

secondary

#B7795A

accent

#7B49DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286B8D

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

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