#286C8A#286C8A

#286C8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.082 H 230.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286C8A
RGB	rgb(40, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, -11.00, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 25.23, 244.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% -0.0521 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.082 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8233, 13.0100, 25.9806)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286C8A #8A4628

analogous

#288A77 #286C8A #283B8A

triadic

#286C8A #8A286C #6C8A28

tetradic

#286C8A #77288A #8A4628 #3B8A28

square

#286C8A #77288A #8A4628 #3B8A28

split-complementary

#286C8A #8A283B #8A7728

monochromatic

#0C222B #1A475B #286C8A #3691B9 #5DADD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#286C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#286C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286C8A

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286C8A	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F618A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.082 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f96ac',
    500: '#286c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286c8a;
$custom-light: #6f96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50199,
    "c": 0.08226,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286C8A

secondary

#B57559

accent

#7749DE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286C8A

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

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