#286D8E#286D8E

#286D8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.086 H 232.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D8E
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 142)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.27, -10.17, -24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.27, 26.38, 247.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% -0.0516 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.086 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2243, 13.3401, 27.5693)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D8E #8E4928

analogous

#288E7C #286D8E #283A8E

triadic

#286D8E #8E286D #6D8E28

tetradic

#286D8E #7C288E #8E4928 #3A8E28

square

#286D8E #7C288E #8E4928 #3A8E28

split-complementary

#286D8E #8E283A #8E7C28

monochromatic

#0D242F #1B485E #286D8E #3592BE #5FADD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#286D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#286D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D8E

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D8E	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F628D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.086 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096af',
    500: '#286d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d8e;
$custom-light: #7096af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50651,
    "c": 0.08566,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D8E

secondary

#B7795B

accent

#7948DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D8E

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

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