#286B9C#286B9C

#286B9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.103 H 244.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286B9C
RGB	rgb(40, 107, 156)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 31.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.31, -3.90, -32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.31, 32.84, 263.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.9% -0.0447 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(50.9% 0.103 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1312, 13.3654, 33.3865)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286B9C #9C5928

analogous

#289C93 #286B9C #28319C

triadic

#286B9C #9C286B #6B9C28

tetradic

#286B9C #93289C #9C5928 #319C28

square

#286B9C #93289C #9C5928 #319C28

split-complementary

#286B9C #9C2831 #9C9328

monochromatic

#0F283B #1C4A6B #286B9C #368CCB #67A8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#286B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#286B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286B9C

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286B9C	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44619B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 107, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.103 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7295b9',
    500: '#286b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286b9c;
$custom-light: #7295b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.345,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50898,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286B9C

secondary

#BE8962

accent

#8845E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286B9C

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

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