#286D7D#286D7D

#286D7D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.072 H 215.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D7D
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 125)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 12.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, -16.04, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 22.12, 223.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% -0.0585 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.072 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0439, 12.8680, 21.3525)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D7D #7D3828

analogous

#287D62 #286D7D #28437D

triadic

#286D7D #7D286D #6D7D28

tetradic

#286D7D #62287D #7D3828 #437D28

square

#286D7D #62287D #7D3828 #437D28

split-complementary

#286D7D #7D2843 #7D6228

monochromatic

#0A1C20 #19454F #286D7D #3795AB #56B3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#286D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#286D7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D7D

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D7D	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56617D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.072 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97a2',
    500: '#286d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d7d;
$custom-light: #6d97a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.294,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4985,
    "c": 0.07221,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D7D

secondary

#AE6453

accent

#684DDB

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D7D

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

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