#286E88#286E88

#286E88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.080 H 226.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286E88
RGB	rgb(40, 110, 136)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.33, -12.86, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.33, 24.33, 238.10°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% -0.055 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.08 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8931, 13.3793, 25.2962)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286E88 #884228

analogous

#288872 #286E88 #283E88

triadic

#286E88 #88286E #6E8828

tetradic

#286E88 #722888 #884228 #3E8828

square

#286E88 #722888 #884228 #3E8828

split-complementary

#286E88 #88283E #887228

monochromatic

#0C2229 #1A4859 #286E88 #3694B7 #5BB0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#286E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#286E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286E88

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286E88	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 110, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.080 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f97aa',
    500: '#286e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286e88;
$custom-light: #6f97aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50611,
    "c": 0.0798,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286E88

secondary

#B47158

accent

#724ADE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286E88

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

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