#286D9F#286D9F

#286D9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.105 H 244.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286D9F
RGB	rgb(40, 109, 159)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(205, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 31.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, -4.00, -33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 33.42, 263.12°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% -0.0458 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.105 244)
XYZ	xyz(12.5993, 13.8902, 34.8112)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286D9F #9F5A28

analogous

#289F96 #286D9F #28329F

triadic

#286D9F #9F286D #6D9F28

tetradic

#286D9F #96289F #9F5A28 #329F28

square

#286D9F #96289F #9F5A28 #329F28

split-complementary

#286D9F #9F2832 #9F9628

monochromatic

#0F2A3D #1C4B6E #286D9F #378ECD #68AAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#286D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#286D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286D9F

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286D9F	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45639E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 109, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.105 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7396bb',
    500: '#286d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286d9f;
$custom-light: #7396bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.21,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51552,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.13892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286D9F

secondary

#BF8A64

accent

#8745E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #286D9F

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

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