#286D7B#286D7B

#286D7B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.071 H 213.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D7B
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 123)
HSL	hsl(190, 51%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 11.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.49, -16.71, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.49, 21.89, 220.23°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% -0.0593 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.071 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9174, 12.8174, 20.6864)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D7B #7B3628

analogous

#287B5F #286D7B #28447B

triadic

#286D7B #7B286D #6D7B28

tetradic

#286D7B #5F287B #7B3628 #447B28

square

#286D7B #5F287B #7B3628 #447B28

split-complementary

#286D7B #7B2844 #7B5F28

monochromatic

#0A1B1F #19444D #286D7B #3796A9 #56B5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#286D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#286D7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D7B

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D7B	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63697C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57607B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.071 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97a1',
    500: '#286d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d7b;
$custom-light: #6d97a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.12,
    "s": 50.92,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49763,
    "c": 0.07117,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D7B

secondary

#AD6152

accent

#654DDA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#080D0E

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D7B

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

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