#286E8B#286E8B

#286E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.082 H 229.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286E8B
RGB	rgb(40, 110, 139)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.46, -11.81, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.46, 25.20, 242.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% -0.0538 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.082 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1093, 13.4658, 26.4348)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286E8B #8B4528

analogous

#288B77 #286E8B #283C8B

triadic

#286E8B #8B286E #6E8B28

tetradic

#286E8B #77288B #8B4528 #3C8B28

square

#286E8B #77288B #8B4528 #3C8B28

split-complementary

#286E8B #8B283C #8B7728

monochromatic

#0D232C #1A485B #286E8B #3694BB #5DAFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#286E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#286E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286E8B

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286E8B	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)

#5F6C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 110, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.082 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f97ad',
    500: '#286e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286e8b;
$custom-light: #6f97ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.576,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50755,
    "c": 0.0824,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286E8B

secondary

#B67459

accent

#7549DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286E8B

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

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