#286B9A#286B9A

#286B9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.100 H 243.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286B9A
RGB	rgb(40, 107, 154)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 30.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.21, -4.64, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.21, 31.92, 261.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% -0.0454 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.1 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9633, 13.2982, 32.5019)
Luminance	0.1330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286B9A #9A5728

analogous

#289A90 #286B9A #28329A

triadic

#286B9A #9A286B #6B9A28

tetradic

#286B9A #90289A #9A5728 #329A28

square

#286B9A #90289A #9A5728 #329A28

split-complementary

#286B9A #9A2832 #9A9028

monochromatic

#0F2739 #1B4969 #286B9A #358DCA #65A8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#286B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#286B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286B9A

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286B9A	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556C9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 107, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.100 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7295b8',
    500: '#286b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286b9a;
$custom-light: #7295b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.737,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50787,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286B9A

secondary

#BD8761

accent

#8646E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286B9A

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

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