#286E8D#286E8D

#286E8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.084 H 231.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286E8D
RGB	rgb(40, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, -11.11, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 25.83, 244.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% -0.0531 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.084 231)
XYZ	xyz(11.2568, 13.5248, 27.2114)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286E8D #8D4728

analogous

#288D79 #286E8D #283B8D

triadic

#286E8D #8D286E #6E8D28

tetradic

#286E8D #79288D #8D4728 #3B8D28

square

#286E8D #79288D #8D4728 #3B8D28

split-complementary

#286E8D #8D283B #8D7928

monochromatic

#0D242E #1A495D #286E8D #3693BD #5EAED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#286E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#286E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286E8D

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286E8D	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.084 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f97ae',
    500: '#286e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286e8d;
$custom-light: #6f97ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.416,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50853,
    "c": 0.08424,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.13526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286E8D

secondary

#B7775A

accent

#7749DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286E8D

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

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