#286C8D#286C8D

#286C8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.085 H 233.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286C8D
RGB	rgb(40, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(200, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, -9.94, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 26.25, 247.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% -0.0509 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.085 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0434, 13.0981, 27.1403)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286C8D #8D4928

analogous

#288D7B #286C8D #28398D

triadic

#286C8D #8D286C #6C8D28

tetradic

#286C8D #7B288D #8D4928 #398D28

square

#286C8D #7B288D #8D4928 #398D28

split-complementary

#286C8D #8D2839 #8D7B28

monochromatic

#0D232E #1A475D #286C8D #3691BD #5EACD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#286C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#286C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286C8D

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286C8D	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.085 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f96ae',
    500: '#286c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286c8d;
$custom-light: #6f96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.604,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50349,
    "c": 0.08517,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286C8D

secondary

#B7785A

accent

#7A49DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286C8D

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

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