#286E9A#286E9A

#286E9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.098 H 240.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286E9A
RGB	rgb(40, 110, 154)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(203, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 28.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, -6.44, -30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 30.80, 257.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.52% -0.0484 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(51.52% 0.098 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2815, 13.9347, 32.6080)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286E9A #9A5428

analogous

#289A8D #286E9A #28359A

triadic

#286E9A #9A286E #6E9A28

tetradic

#286E9A #8D289A #9A5428 #359A28

square

#286E9A #8D289A #9A5428 #359A28

split-complementary

#286E9A #9A2835 #9A8D28

monochromatic

#0F2939 #1B4B69 #286E9A #3591CA #65ABD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#286E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#286E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286E9A

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286E9A	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 110, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.098 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7297b8',
    500: '#286e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286e9a;
$custom-light: #7297b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.158,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51523,
    "c": 0.09788,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286E9A

secondary

#BD8461

accent

#8246E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286E9A

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

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