#286D7E#286D7E

#286D7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.073 H 217.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D7E
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 126)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, -15.71, -15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 22.26, 225.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.9% -0.058 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(49.9% 0.073 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1081, 12.8937, 21.6906)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D7E #7E3928

analogous

#287E64 #286D7E #28427E

triadic

#286D7E #7E286D #6D7E28

tetradic

#286D7E #64287E #7E3928 #427E28

square

#286D7E #64287E #7E3928 #427E28

split-complementary

#286D7E #7E2842 #7E6428

monochromatic

#0B1D21 #194550 #286D7E #3795AC #57B3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#286D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#286D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D7E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D7E	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55617E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.073 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97a3',
    500: '#286d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d7e;
$custom-light: #6d97a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.86,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49895,
    "c": 0.07277,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D7E

secondary

#AF6553

accent

#694DDB

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D7E

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

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