#286C8F#286C8F

#286C8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.087 H 234.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286C8F
RGB	rgb(40, 108, 143)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(200, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 24.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, -9.23, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 26.98, 250.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% -0.0502 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.087 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1936, 13.1582, 27.9311)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286C8F #8F4B28

analogous

#288F7E #286C8F #28398F

triadic

#286C8F #8F286C #6C8F28

tetradic

#286C8F #7E288F #8F4B28 #398F28

square

#286C8F #7E288F #8F4B28 #398F28

split-complementary

#286C8F #8F2839 #8F7E28

monochromatic

#0D242F #1B485F #286C8F #3590BF #5FABD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#286C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#286C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286C8F

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286C8F	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D618E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 108, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.087 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096b0',
    500: '#286c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286c8f;
$custom-light: #7096b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.388,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5045,
    "c": 0.08719,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286C8F

secondary

#B87B5B

accent

#7C48E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286C8F

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

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