#286E9C#286E9C

#286E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.100 H 241.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286E9C
RGB	rgb(40, 110, 156)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 29.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, -5.71, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 31.67, 259.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.63% -0.0477 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(51.63% 0.1 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4494, 14.0019, 33.4925)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286E9C #9C5628

analogous

#289C90 #286E9C #28349C

triadic

#286E9C #9C286E #6E9C28

tetradic

#286E9C #90289C #9C5628 #349C28

square

#286E9C #90289C #9C5628 #349C28

split-complementary

#286E9C #9C2834 #9C9028

monochromatic

#0F293B #1C4C6B #286E9C #3690CB #67ABD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#286E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#286E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286E9C

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286E9C	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49649B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 110, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.100 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7297b9',
    500: '#286e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286e9c;
$custom-light: #7297b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.793,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51631,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286E9C

secondary

#BE8662

accent

#8445E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286E9C

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

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