#28779B#28779B

#28779B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.093 H 232.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28779B
RGB	rgb(40, 119, 155)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 23.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.99, -11.36, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.99, 28.62, 246.62°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% -0.0572 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.093 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.3859, 16.0098, 33.3887)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28779B #9B4C28

analogous

#289B85 #28779B #283D9B

triadic

#28779B #9B2877 #779B28

tetradic

#28779B #85289B #9B4C28 #3D9B28

square

#28779B #85289B #9B4C28 #3D9B28

split-complementary

#28779B #9B283D #9B8528

monochromatic

#0F2C3A #1B526A #28779B #359CCB #66B4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#28779B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#28779B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28779B

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28779B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28779B	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65769D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28779b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 119, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.093 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#729eb8',
    500: '#28779b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28779b;
$custom-light: #729eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28779b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.783,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53802,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28779B

secondary

#BD7E61

accent

#7746E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #28779B

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

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