#286D86#286D86

#286D86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.078 H 225.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D86
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 134)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, -12.98, -20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 23.91, 237.12°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% -0.0547 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.078 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6451, 13.1085, 24.5188)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D86 #864128

analogous

#288670 #286D86 #283E86

triadic

#286D86 #86286D #6D8628

tetradic

#286D86 #702886 #864128 #3E8628

square

#286D86 #702886 #864128 #3E8628

split-complementary

#286D86 #86283E #867028

monochromatic

#0C2028 #1A4757 #286D86 #3693B5 #5BAFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#286D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#286D86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D86

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D86	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.078 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97a9',
    500: '#286d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d86;
$custom-light: #6e97a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.957,
    "s": 54.023,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50261,
    "c": 0.07841,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D86

secondary

#B36F57

accent

#714ADD

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D86

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

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