#286F8F#286F8F

#286F8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.086 H 231.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286F8F
RGB	rgb(40, 111, 143)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 22.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.95, -10.98, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.95, 26.29, 245.30°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% -0.0534 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.086 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5155, 13.8019, 28.0384)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286F8F #8F4828

analogous

#288F7B #286F8F #283B8F

triadic

#286F8F #8F286F #6F8F28

tetradic

#286F8F #7B288F #8F4828 #3B8F28

square

#286F8F #7B288F #8F4828 #3B8F28

split-complementary

#286F8F #8F283B #8F7B28

monochromatic

#0D252F #1B4A5F #286F8F #3594BF #5FAFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#286F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#286F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286F8F

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286F8F	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51638F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 111, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.086 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7098b0',
    500: '#286f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286f8f;
$custom-light: #7098b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.641,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51204,
    "c": 0.0857,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286F8F

secondary

#B8785B

accent

#7748E0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286F8F

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

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