#286C8E#286C8E

#286C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.086 H 234.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286C8E
RGB	rgb(40, 108, 142)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(200, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, -9.59, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 26.61, 248.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.4% -0.0506 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(50.4% 0.086 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1182, 13.1280, 27.5339)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286C8E #8E4A28

analogous

#288E7D #286C8E #28398E

triadic

#286C8E #8E286C #6C8E28

tetradic

#286C8E #7D288E #8E4A28 #398E28

square

#286C8E #7D288E #8E4A28 #398E28

split-complementary

#286C8E #8E2839 #8E7D28

monochromatic

#0D232F #1B485E #286C8E #3590BE #5FABD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#286C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#286C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286C8E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286C8E	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D618D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 108, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.086 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f96af',
    500: '#286c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286c8e;
$custom-light: #6f96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50399,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286C8E

secondary

#B7795B

accent

#7B48DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286C8E

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

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