#286E87#286E87

#286E87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.079 H 225.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286E87
RGB	rgb(40, 110, 135)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(196, 70%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, -13.21, -20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 24.07, 236.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.56% -0.0554 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(50.56% 0.079 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8224, 13.3511, 24.9236)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#286E87 #874128

analogous

#288771 #286E87 #283F87

triadic

#286E87 #87286E #6E8728

tetradic

#286E87 #712887 #874128 #3F8728

square

#286E87 #712887 #874128 #3F8728

split-complementary

#286E87 #87283F #877128

monochromatic

#0C2129 #1A4858 #286E87 #3694B6 #5BB0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#286E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#286E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286E87

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286E87	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 110, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.079 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f97aa',
    500: '#286e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286e87;
$custom-light: #6f97aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50564,
    "c": 0.07898,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286E87

secondary

#B47057

accent

#714ADE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286E87

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

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