#286D9E#286D9E

#286D9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.103 H 243.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D9E
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 158)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(205, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 31%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, -4.37, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 32.96, 262.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.5% -0.0461 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(51.5% 0.103 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5129, 13.8556, 34.3560)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D9E #9E5928

analogous

#289E94 #286D9E #28329E

triadic

#286D9E #9E286D #6D9E28

tetradic

#286D9E #94289E #9E5928 #329E28

square

#286D9E #94289E #9E5928 #329E28

split-complementary

#286D9E #9E2832 #9E9428

monochromatic

#0F2A3C #1C4B6D #286D9E #378ECC #68AAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#286D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#286D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D9E

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D9E	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46639D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.103 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7296bb',
    500: '#286d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d9e;
$custom-light: #7296bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.915,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51497,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D9E

secondary

#BF8963

accent

#8745E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D9E

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

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