#286C8C#286C8C

#286C8C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.084 H 232.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286C8C
RGB	rgb(40, 108, 140)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, -10.30, -23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 25.90, 246.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.3% -0.0513 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(50.3% 0.084 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9694, 13.0685, 26.7502)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286C8C #8C4828

analogous

#288C7A #286C8C #283A8C

triadic

#286C8C #8C286C #6C8C28

tetradic

#286C8C #7A288C #8C4828 #3A8C28

square

#286C8C #7A288C #8C4828 #3A8C28

split-complementary

#286C8C #8C283A #8C7A28

monochromatic

#0D232D #1A475C #286C8C #3691BC #5EACD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#286C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#286C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286C8C

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286C8C	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 108, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.084 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f96ad',
    500: '#286c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286c8c;
$custom-light: #6f96ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50298,
    "c": 0.08418,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286C8C

secondary

#B6775A

accent

#7949DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286C8C

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

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