#286D89#286D89

#286D89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.081 H 228.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D89
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 137)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.05, -11.94, -21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.05, 24.75, 241.17°)
OKLab	oklab(50.4% -0.0535 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(50.4% 0.081 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8573, 13.1933, 25.6364)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D89 #894428

analogous

#288975 #286D89 #283C89

triadic

#286D89 #89286D #6D8928

tetradic

#286D89 #752889 #894428 #3C8928

square

#286D89 #752889 #894428 #3C8928

split-complementary

#286D89 #89283C #897528

monochromatic

#0C222A #1A475A #286D89 #3693B8 #5CAECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#286D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#286D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D89

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D89	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.081 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f96ab',
    500: '#286d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d89;
$custom-light: #6f96ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.32,
    "s": 54.802,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50404,
    "c": 0.08097,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D89

secondary

#B57358

accent

#754ADE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D89

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

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