#286E8C#286E8C

#286E8C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.083 H 230.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286E8C
RGB	rgb(40, 110, 140)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.50, -11.46, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.50, 25.51, 243.30°)
OKLab	oklab(50.8% -0.0534 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(50.8% 0.083 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1827, 13.4952, 26.8213)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286E8C #8C4628

analogous

#288C78 #286E8C #283C8C

triadic

#286E8C #8C286E #6E8C28

tetradic

#286E8C #78288C #8C4628 #3C8C28

square

#286E8C #78288C #8C4628 #3C8C28

split-complementary

#286E8C #8C283C #8C7828

monochromatic

#0D232D #1A495C #286E8C #3693BC #5EAED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#286E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#286E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286E8C

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286E8C	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 110, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.083 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f97ad',
    500: '#286e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286e8c;
$custom-light: #6f97ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50804,
    "c": 0.08331,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286E8C

secondary

#B6755A

accent

#7649DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286E8C

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

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