#286F8B#286F8B

#286F8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.082 H 228.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286F8B
RGB	rgb(40, 111, 139)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.77, -12.39, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.77, 25.04, 240.35°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% -0.0549 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.082 228)
XYZ	xyz(11.2178, 13.6828, 26.4709)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286F8B #8B4428

analogous

#288B76 #286F8B #283D8B

triadic

#286F8B #8B286F #6F8B28

tetradic

#286F8B #76288B #8B4428 #3D8B28

square

#286F8B #76288B #8B4428 #3D8B28

split-complementary

#286F8B #8B283D #8B7628

monochromatic

#0D232C #1A495B #286F8B #3695BB #5DB0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#286F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#286F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286F8B

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286F8B	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53638B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 111, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.082 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f98ad',
    500: '#286f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286f8b;
$custom-light: #6f98ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.97,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51009,
    "c": 0.08205,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.13684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286F8B

secondary

#B67359

accent

#7349DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286F8B

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

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