#286D8A#286D8A

#286D8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.082 H 229.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D8A
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.10, -11.59, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.10, 25.05, 242.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% -0.0531 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.082 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9293, 13.2222, 26.0160)
Luminance	0.1322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D8A #8A4528

analogous

#288A76 #286D8A #283C8A

triadic

#286D8A #8A286D #6D8A28

tetradic

#286D8A #76288A #8A4528 #3C8A28

square

#286D8A #76288A #8A4528 #3C8A28

split-complementary

#286D8A #8A283C #8A7628

monochromatic

#0C222B #1A485B #286D8A #3692B9 #5DAED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#286D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#286D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D8A

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D8A	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.082 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f96ac',
    500: '#286d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d8a;
$custom-light: #6f96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.755,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50453,
    "c": 0.08187,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D8A

secondary

#B57459

accent

#7549DE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D8A

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

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