#286F8E#286F8E

#286F8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.085 H 230.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286F8E
RGB	rgb(40, 111, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(198, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, -11.34, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 25.96, 244.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% -0.0538 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.085 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4400, 13.7717, 27.6412)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286F8E #8E4728

analogous

#288E7A #286F8E #283C8E

triadic

#286F8E #8E286F #6F8E28

tetradic

#286F8E #7A288E #8E4728 #3C8E28

square

#286F8E #7A288E #8E4728 #3C8E28

split-complementary

#286F8E #8E283C #8E7A28

monochromatic

#0D242F #1B4A5E #286F8E #3594BE #5FAFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#286F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#286F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286F8E

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286F8E	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51638E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 111, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.085 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7098af',
    500: '#286f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286f8e;
$custom-light: #7098af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.235,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51155,
    "c": 0.08476,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286F8E

secondary

#B7775B

accent

#7648DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286F8E

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

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