#286E8E#286E8E

#286E8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.085 H 231.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286E8E
RGB	rgb(40, 110, 142)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, -10.76, -23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 26.16, 245.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.9% -0.0527 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(50.9% 0.085 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3315, 13.5547, 27.6051)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286E8E #8E4828

analogous

#288E7B #286E8E #283B8E

triadic

#286E8E #8E286E #6E8E28

tetradic

#286E8E #7B288E #8E4828 #3B8E28

square

#286E8E #7B288E #8E4828 #3B8E28

split-complementary

#286E8E #8E283B #8E7B28

monochromatic

#0D242F #1B495E #286E8E #3593BE #5FAED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#286E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#286E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286E8E

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286E8E	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50638E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 110, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.085 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7097af',
    500: '#286e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286e8e;
$custom-light: #7097af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50902,
    "c": 0.08519,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286E8E

secondary

#B7785B

accent

#7848DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286E8E

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

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