#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
RGBrgb(40, 110, 156)
HSLhsl(204, 59%, 38%)
HSVhsv(204, 74%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(74.4%, 29.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(44.24, -5.71, -31.15)
CIE-LCHlch(44.24, 31.67, 259.61°)
OKLaboklab(51.63% -0.0477 -0.0881)
OKLCHoklch(51.63% 0.1 241.5)
XYZxyz(12.4494, 14.0019, 33.4925)
Luminance0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##286E9C1.005.533.805.53
#FFFFFF5.531.0021.001.00
#0000003.8021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.531.0021.001.00

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

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#286E9C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva