#286C86#286C86

#286C86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.079 H 227.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286C86
RGB	rgb(40, 108, 134)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, -12.40, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 24.02, 238.91°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% -0.0536 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.079 227)
XYZ	xyz(10.5390, 12.8963, 24.4834)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286C86 #864228

analogous

#288671 #286C86 #283D86

triadic

#286C86 #86286C #6C8628

tetradic

#286C86 #712886 #864228 #3D8628

square

#286C86 #712886 #864228 #3D8628

split-complementary

#286C86 #86283D #867128

monochromatic

#0C2028 #1A4657 #286C86 #3692B5 #5BAECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#286C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#286C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286C86

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286C86	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)

#5E6A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 108, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.079 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96a9',
    500: '#286c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286c86;
$custom-light: #6e96a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 54.023,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50005,
    "c": 0.07868,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.12897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286C86

secondary

#B37057

accent

#734ADD

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286C86

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

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