#286D8D#286D8D

#286D8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.085 H 232.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D8D
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 141)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, -10.53, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 26.03, 246.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.6% -0.052 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(50.6% 0.085 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1495, 13.3102, 27.1757)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D8D #8D4828

analogous

#288D7A #286D8D #283A8D

triadic

#286D8D #8D286D #6D8D28

tetradic

#286D8D #7A288D #8D4828 #3A8D28

square

#286D8D #7A288D #8D4828 #3A8D28

split-complementary

#286D8D #8D283A #8D7A28

monochromatic

#0D232E #1A485D #286D8D #3692BD #5EADD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#286D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#286D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D8D

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D8D	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F628D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.085 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f96ae',
    500: '#286d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d8d;
$custom-light: #6f96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.01,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50601,
    "c": 0.08469,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D8D

secondary

#B7775A

accent

#7849DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D8D

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

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