#286D81#286D81

#286D81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.075 H 220.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D81
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 129)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 15.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, -14.69, -17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 22.77, 229.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% -0.0568 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.075 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3045, 12.9722, 22.7254)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D81 #813C28

analogous

#288168 #286D81 #284081

triadic

#286D81 #81286D #6D8128

tetradic

#286D81 #682881 #813C28 #408128

square

#286D81 #682881 #813C28 #408128

split-complementary

#286D81 #812840 #816828

monochromatic

#0B1E24 #1A4652 #286D81 #3694B0 #58B1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#286D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#286D81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D81

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D81	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.075 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97a5',
    500: '#286d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d81;
$custom-light: #6e97a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.483,
    "s": 52.663,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50029,
    "c": 0.07467,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D81

secondary

#B06954

accent

#6C4CDC

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D81

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

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