#286D9C#286D9C

#286D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.101 H 242.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D9C
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 156)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, -5.11, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 32.05, 260.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% -0.0467 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.101 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3421, 13.7873, 33.4568)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D9C #9C5728

analogous

#289C91 #286D9C #28339C

triadic

#286D9C #9C286D #6D9C28

tetradic

#286D9C #91289C #9C5728 #339C28

square

#286D9C #91289C #9C5728 #339C28

split-complementary

#286D9C #9C2833 #9C9128

monochromatic

#0F293B #1C4B6B #286D9C #368FCB #67AAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#286D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#286D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D9C

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D9C	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47639B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.101 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7296b9',
    500: '#286d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d9c;
$custom-light: #7296b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.31,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51386,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D9C

secondary

#BE8762

accent

#8545E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D9C

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

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