#286D9D#286D9D

#286D9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.102 H 243.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D9D
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 157)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(205, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 30.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, -4.74, -32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 32.50, 261.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.44% -0.0464 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(51.44% 0.102 243)
XYZ	xyz(12.4272, 13.8213, 33.9046)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D9D #9D5828

analogous

#289D92 #286D9D #28339D

triadic

#286D9D #9D286D #6D9D28

tetradic

#286D9D #92289D #9D5828 #339D28

square

#286D9D #92289D #9D5828 #339D28

split-complementary

#286D9D #9D2833 #9D9228

monochromatic

#0F293B #1C4B6C #286D9D #368FCC #67AAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#286D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#286D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D9D

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D9D	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47639C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.102 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7296ba',
    500: '#286d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d9d;
$custom-light: #7296ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51441,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.13823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D9D

secondary

#BE8862

accent

#8645E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D9D

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

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