#286E7D#286E7D

#286E7D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.072 H 214.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286E7D
RGB	rgb(40, 110, 125)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 12%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.89, -16.60, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.89, 22.19, 221.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% -0.0596 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.072 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.1511, 13.0825, 21.3883)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286E7D #7D3728

analogous

#287D61 #286E7D #28447D

triadic

#286E7D #7D286E #6E7D28

tetradic

#286E7D #61287D #7D3728 #447D28

square

#286E7D #61287D #7D3728 #447D28

split-complementary

#286E7D #7D2844 #7D6128

monochromatic

#0A1C20 #19454F #286E7D #3797AB #56B5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#286E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#286E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286E7D

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286E7D	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57617D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 110, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.072 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d97a2',
    500: '#286e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286e7d;
$custom-light: #6d97a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5011,
    "c": 0.07232,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286E7D

secondary

#AE6353

accent

#664DDB

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#080D0F

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286E7D

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

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