#286F8A#286F8A

#286F8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.081 H 227.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286F8A
RGB	rgb(40, 111, 138)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 19.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, -12.74, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 24.76, 239.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% -0.0553 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.081 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1451, 13.6537, 26.0879)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286F8A #8A4328

analogous

#288A74 #286F8A #283E8A

triadic

#286F8A #8A286F #6F8A28

tetradic

#286F8A #74288A #8A4328 #3E8A28

square

#286F8A #74288A #8A4328 #3E8A28

split-complementary

#286F8A #8A283E #8A7428

monochromatic

#0C232B #1A495B #286F8A #3695B9 #5DB0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#286F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#286F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286F8A

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286F8A	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53638A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 111, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.081 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f98ac',
    500: '#286f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286f8a;
$custom-light: #6f98ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.531,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50961,
    "c": 0.08119,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286F8A

secondary

#B57259

accent

#7249DE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286F8A

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

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