#286F9C#286F9C

#286F9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.099 H 240.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286F9C
RGB	rgb(40, 111, 156)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(203, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 28.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, -6.31, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 31.31, 258.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% -0.0487 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.099 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5579, 14.2189, 33.5287)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286F9C #9C5528

analogous

#289C8F #286F9C #28359C

triadic

#286F9C #9C286F #6F9C28

tetradic

#286F9C #8F289C #9C5528 #359C28

square

#286F9C #8F289C #9C5528 #359C28

split-complementary

#286F9C #9C2835 #9C8F28

monochromatic

#0F2A3B #1C4C6B #286F9C #3691CB #67ACD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#286F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#286F9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286F9C

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286F9C	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A649B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 111, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.099 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7298b9',
    500: '#286f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286f9c;
$custom-light: #7298b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.276,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51876,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286F9C

secondary

#BE8662

accent

#8245E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #286F9C

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

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