#286C9E#286C9E

#286C9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.104 H 244.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286C9E
RGB	rgb(40, 108, 158)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(205, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 31.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.72, -3.77, -33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.72, 33.36, 263.52°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% -0.0451 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.104 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4068, 13.6434, 34.3207)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286C9E #9E5A28

analogous

#289E95 #286C9E #28319E

triadic

#286C9E #9E286C #6C9E28

tetradic

#286C9E #95289E #9E5A28 #319E28

square

#286C9E #95289E #9E5A28 #319E28

split-complementary

#286C9E #9E2831 #9E9528

monochromatic

#0F293C #1C4B6D #286C9E #378DCC #68A9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#286C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#286C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286C9E

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286C9E	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45629D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 108, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.104 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7295bb',
    500: '#286c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286c9e;
$custom-light: #7295bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.424,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51253,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286C9E

secondary

#BF8A63

accent

#8845E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #286C9E

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

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