#286E8A#286E8A

#286E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.082 H 228.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286E8A
RGB	rgb(40, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, -12.16, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 24.90, 240.76°)
OKLab	oklab(50.71% -0.0542 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(50.71% 0.082 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0366, 13.4367, 26.0517)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286E8A #8A4428

analogous

#288A75 #286E8A #283D8A

triadic

#286E8A #8A286E #6E8A28

tetradic

#286E8A #75288A #8A4428 #3D8A28

square

#286E8A #75288A #8A4428 #3D8A28

split-complementary

#286E8A #8A283D #8A7528

monochromatic

#0C222B #1A485B #286E8A #3694B9 #5DAFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#286E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#286E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286E8A

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286E8A	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52628A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.082 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f97ac',
    500: '#286e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286e8a;
$custom-light: #6f97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50707,
    "c": 0.08151,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286E8A

secondary

#B57359

accent

#7449DE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286E8A

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

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