#286C9C#286C9C

#286C9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.102 H 243.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286C9C
RGB	rgb(40, 108, 156)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(205, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 30.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.62, -4.50, -32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.62, 32.44, 262.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.14% -0.0457 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(51.14% 0.102 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2361, 13.5751, 33.4214)
Luminance	0.1358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286C9C #9C5828

analogous

#289C92 #286C9C #28329C

triadic

#286C9C #9C286C #6C9C28

tetradic

#286C9C #92289C #9C5828 #329C28

square

#286C9C #92289C #9C5828 #329C28

split-complementary

#286C9C #9C2832 #9C9228

monochromatic

#0F293B #1C4A6B #286C9C #368DCB #67A9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#286C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#286C9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286C9C

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286C9C	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46629B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 108, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.102 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7295b9',
    500: '#286c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286c9c;
$custom-light: #7295b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51142,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286C9C

secondary

#BE8862

accent

#8645E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286C9C

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

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