#286C9A#286C9A

#286C9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.099 H 242.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286C9A
RGB	rgb(40, 108, 154)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 29.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.52, -5.24, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.52, 31.53, 260.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% -0.0464 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.099 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0681, 13.5080, 32.5369)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286C9A #9A5628

analogous

#289A8F #286C9A #28339A

triadic

#286C9A #9A286C #6C9A28

tetradic

#286C9A #8F289A #9A5628 #339A28

square

#286C9A #8F289A #9A5628 #339A28

split-complementary

#286C9A #9A2833 #9A8F28

monochromatic

#0F2839 #1B4A69 #286C9A #358ECA #65A9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#286C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#286C9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286C9A

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286C9A	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 108, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.099 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7295b8',
    500: '#286c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286c9a;
$custom-light: #7295b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.211,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51032,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286C9A

secondary

#BD8661

accent

#8546E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286C9A

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

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