#286CA3#286CA3

#286CA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.110 H 246.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286CA3
RGB	rgb(40, 108, 163)
HSL	hsl(207, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(207, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 33.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, -1.91, -35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 35.75, 266.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% -0.0436 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.11 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.8460, 13.8191, 36.6336)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286CA3 #A35F28

analogous

#28A39C #286CA3 #282FA3

triadic

#286CA3 #A3286C #6CA328

tetradic

#286CA3 #9C28A3 #A35F28 #2FA328

square

#286CA3 #9C28A3 #A35F28 #2FA328

split-complementary

#286CA3 #A3282F #A39C28

monochromatic

#102B41 #1C4B72 #286CA3 #3A8CCF #6BA9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#286CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#286CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286CA3

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286CA3	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4163A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 108, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.110 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7395be',
    500: '#286ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286ca3;
$custom-light: #7395be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.829,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51538,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286CA3

secondary

#C18F66

accent

#8B44E4

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F7

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #286CA3

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

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