#286B8E#286B8E

#286B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.087 H 235.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286B8E
RGB	rgb(40, 107, 142)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(201, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 24.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, -9.00, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 26.87, 250.43°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% -0.0495 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.087 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0133, 12.9183, 27.4990)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286B8E #8E4B28

analogous

#288E7E #286B8E #28388E

triadic

#286B8E #8E286B #6B8E28

tetradic

#286B8E #7E288E #8E4B28 #388E28

square

#286B8E #7E288E #8E4B28 #388E28

split-complementary

#286B8E #8E2838 #8E7E28

monochromatic

#0D232F #1B475E #286B8E #358FBE #5FAAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#286B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#286B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286B8E

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286B8E	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 107, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.087 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f95af',
    500: '#286b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286b8e;
$custom-light: #6f95af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.588,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50148,
    "c": 0.08671,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286B8E

secondary

#B77A5B

accent

#7C48DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286B8E

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

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