#286E9E#286E9E

#286E9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.103 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286E9E
RGB	rgb(40, 110, 158)
HSL	hsl(204, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(204, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 30.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.33, -4.98, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.33, 32.56, 261.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% -0.0471 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.103 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6202, 14.0702, 34.3918)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286E9E #9E5828

analogous

#289E93 #286E9E #28339E

triadic

#286E9E #9E286E #6E9E28

tetradic

#286E9E #93289E #9E5828 #339E28

square

#286E9E #93289E #9E5828 #339E28

split-complementary

#286E9E #9E2833 #9E9328

monochromatic

#0F2A3C #1C4C6D #286E9E #3790CC #68ABD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#286E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#286E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286E9E

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286E9E	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48649D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 110, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.103 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7297bb',
    500: '#286e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286e9e;
$custom-light: #7297bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.407,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5174,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286E9E

secondary

#BF8863

accent

#8545E3

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286E9E

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

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