#286B9B#286B9B

#286B9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.101 H 243.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286B9B
RGB	rgb(40, 107, 155)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 31%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.26, -4.27, -32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.26, 32.38, 262.43°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% -0.045 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.101 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0469, 13.3317, 32.9424)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286B9B #9B5828

analogous

#289B91 #286B9B #28329B

triadic

#286B9B #9B286B #6B9B28

tetradic

#286B9B #91289B #9B5828 #329B28

square

#286B9B #91289B #9B5828 #329B28

split-complementary

#286B9B #9B2832 #9B9128

monochromatic

#0F283A #1B496A #286B9B #358CCB #66A8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#286B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#286B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286B9B

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286B9B	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45619A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 107, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.101 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7295b8',
    500: '#286b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286b9b;
$custom-light: #7295b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.043,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50842,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286B9B

secondary

#BD8861

accent

#8746E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286B9B

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

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