#286C9F#286C9F

#286C9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.105 H 244.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286C9F
RGB	rgb(40, 108, 159)
HSL	hsl(206, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(206, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 32.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.77, -3.40, -33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.77, 33.83, 264.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% -0.0448 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.105 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4932, 13.6780, 34.7759)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286C9F #9F5B28

analogous

#289F97 #286C9F #28319F

triadic

#286C9F #9F286C #6C9F28

tetradic

#286C9F #97289F #9F5B28 #319F28

square

#286C9F #97289F #9F5B28 #319F28

split-complementary

#286C9F #9F2831 #9F9728

monochromatic

#0F2A3D #1C4B6E #286C9F #378DCD #68A9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#286C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#286C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286C9F

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286C9F	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44629E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 108, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.105 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7295bb',
    500: '#286c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286c9f;
$custom-light: #7295bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5131,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286C9F

secondary

#BF8B64

accent

#8945E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #286C9F

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

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