#286C8B#286C8B

#286C8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.083 H 231.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286C8B
RGB	rgb(40, 108, 139)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 22.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, -10.65, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 25.56, 245.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% -0.0517 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.083 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8960, 13.0391, 26.3636)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286C8B #8B4728

analogous

#288B78 #286C8B #283A8B

triadic

#286C8B #8B286C #6C8B28

tetradic

#286C8B #78288B #8B4728 #3A8B28

square

#286C8B #78288B #8B4728 #3A8B28

split-complementary

#286C8B #8B283A #8B7828

monochromatic

#0D222C #1A475B #286C8B #3691BB #5DACD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#286C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#286C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286C8B

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286C8B	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F618B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 108, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.083 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f96ad',
    500: '#286c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286c8b;
$custom-light: #6f96ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.788,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50249,
    "c": 0.08321,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286C8B

secondary

#B67659

accent

#7849DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286C8B

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

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