#286D9A#286D9A

#286D9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.099 H 241.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D9A
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 154)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 29.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.83, -5.84, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.83, 31.16, 259.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.28% -0.0474 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(51.28% 0.099 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1742, 13.7201, 32.5722)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D9A #9A5528

analogous

#289A8E #286D9A #28349A

triadic

#286D9A #9A286D #6D9A28

tetradic

#286D9A #8E289A #9A5528 #349A28

square

#286D9A #8E289A #9A5528 #349A28

split-complementary

#286D9A #9A2834 #9A8E28

monochromatic

#0F2839 #1B4B69 #286D9A #358FCA #65AAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#286D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#286D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D9A

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D9A	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.099 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7296b8',
    500: '#286d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d9a;
$custom-light: #7296b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.684,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51277,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D9A

secondary

#BD8561

accent

#8346E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D9A

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

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