#286E9B#286E9B

#286E9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.099 H 241.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286E9B
RGB	rgb(40, 110, 155)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(203, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 29%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, -6.08, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 31.23, 258.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% -0.0481 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.099 241)
XYZ	xyz(12.3651, 13.9681, 33.0484)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286E9B #9B5528

analogous

#289B8E #286E9B #28359B

triadic

#286E9B #9B286E #6E9B28

tetradic

#286E9B #8E289B #9B5528 #359B28

square

#286E9B #8E289B #9B5528 #359B28

split-complementary

#286E9B #9B2835 #9B8E28

monochromatic

#0F293A #1B4B6A #286E9B #3590CB #66ABD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#286E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#286E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286E9B

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286E9B	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)

#596F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49649A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 110, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.099 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7297b8',
    500: '#286e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286e9b;
$custom-light: #7297b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51577,
    "c": 0.09902,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.1397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286E9B

secondary

#BD8561

accent

#8346E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286E9B

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

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