#287F9C#287F9C

#287F9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.091 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#287F9C
RGB	rgb(40, 127, 156)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, -15.52, -22.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 27.68, 235.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% -0.0651 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.091 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4627, 18.0285, 34.1637)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#287F9C #9C4528

analogous

#289C7F #287F9C #28459C

triadic

#287F9C #9C287F #7F9C28

tetradic

#287F9C #7F289C #9C4528 #459C28

square

#287F9C #7F289C #9C4528 #459C28

split-complementary

#287F9C #9C2845 #9C7F28

monochromatic

#0F303B #1C576B #287F9C #36A6CB #67BCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#287F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#287F9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #287F9C

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##287F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##287F9C	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F719C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #287f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 127, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.091 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a4b9',
    500: '#287f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #287f9c;
$custom-light: #73a4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#287f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55849,
    "c": 0.0914,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#287F9C

secondary

#BE7962

accent

#6D45E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #287F9C

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

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