#286E8F#286E8F

#286E8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.086 H 232.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286E8F
RGB	rgb(40, 110, 143)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 23.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.63, -10.40, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.63, 26.50, 246.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.95% -0.0523 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(50.95% 0.086 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4070, 13.5849, 28.0022)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286E8F #8F4928

analogous

#288F7C #286E8F #283B8F

triadic

#286E8F #8F286E #6E8F28

tetradic

#286E8F #7C288F #8F4928 #3B8F28

square

#286E8F #7C288F #8F4928 #3B8F28

split-complementary

#286E8F #8F283B #8F7C28

monochromatic

#0D242F #1B495F #286E8F #3593BF #5FADD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#286E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#286E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286E8F

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286E8F	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50638E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 110, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.086 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7097b0',
    500: '#286e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286e8f;
$custom-light: #7097b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.223,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50952,
    "c": 0.08616,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286E8F

secondary

#B8795B

accent

#7948E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286E8F

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

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