#288EAD#288EAD

#288EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.101 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288EAD
RGB	rgb(40, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -17.91, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 30.35, 233.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% -0.0735 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.101 223)
XYZ	xyz(18.0878, 22.8121, 42.9769)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288EAD #AD4728

analogous

#28AD8A #288EAD #284CAD

triadic

#288EAD #AD288E #8EAD28

tetradic

#288EAD #8A28AD #AD4728 #4CAD28

square

#288EAD #8A28AD #AD4728 #4CAD28

split-complementary

#288EAD #AD284C #AD8A28

monochromatic

#113C4A #1D657B #288EAD #3FB0D3 #71C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#288EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#288EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288EAD

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288EAD	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.101 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afc5',
    500: '#288ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288ead;
$custom-light: #77afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.985,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60364,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.22814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288EAD

secondary

#C5806C

accent

#6842E6

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #288EAD

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

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