#286C9D#286C9D

#286C9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.103 H 243.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286C9D
RGB	rgb(40, 108, 157)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(205, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 31.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.67, -4.14, -32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.67, 32.90, 262.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% -0.0454 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.103 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3211, 13.6092, 33.8692)
Luminance	0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286C9D #9D5928

analogous

#289D93 #286C9D #28319D

triadic

#286C9D #9D286C #6C9D28

tetradic

#286C9D #93289D #9D5928 #319D28

square

#286C9D #93289D #9D5928 #319D28

split-complementary

#286C9D #9D2831 #9D9328

monochromatic

#0F293B #1C4A6C #286C9D #368DCC #67A9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#286C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#286C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286C9D

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286C9D	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45629C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 108, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.103 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7295ba',
    500: '#286c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286c9d;
$custom-light: #7295ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.128,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51198,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286C9D

secondary

#BE8962

accent

#8745E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286C9D

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

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