#286D8F#286D8F

#286D8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.087 H 233.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D8F
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 143)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(200, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 23.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.32, -9.82, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.32, 26.73, 248.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.7% -0.0512 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(50.7% 0.087 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2997, 13.3703, 27.9665)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D8F #8F4A28

analogous

#288F7D #286D8F #28398F

triadic

#286D8F #8F286D #6D8F28

tetradic

#286D8F #7D288F #8F4A28 #398F28

square

#286D8F #7D288F #8F4A28 #398F28

split-complementary

#286D8F #8F2839 #8F7D28

monochromatic

#0D242F #1B495F #286D8F #3591BF #5FACD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#286D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#286D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D8F

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D8F	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)

#5C6C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E628E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.087 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096b0',
    500: '#286d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d8f;
$custom-light: #7096b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.806,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50701,
    "c": 0.08666,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D8F

secondary

#B87A5B

accent

#7A48E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D8F

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

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