All About Color #287D9A

#287D9A

About #287D9A

#287D9A is a dark blue color with the hex code #287D9A. In RGB it is red 40, green 125, blue 154; in HSL it is hue 195°, saturation 59%, lightness 38%; in CMYK it is 74%, 19%, 0%, 40%. Its contrast ratio is 4.68:1 on white and 4.49:1 on black.

#287D9A Color Conversion

Hex triplet28, 7D, 9A
CMYK74.03%, 18.83%, 0.00%, 39.61%
RGB Decimal40, 125, 154
HSL195°, 59%, 38%
RGB Octal50, 175, 232
HSV (HSB)195.26°, 74.03%, 60.39%
RGB Binary101000, 1111101, 10011010
CIE-L*AB48.82, -15.09, -22.85
RGB Percent15.69%, 49.02%, 60.39%
CIE-L*CH48.82, 27.38, 236.55
XYZ14.04, 17.45, 33.20
CIE-L*UV48.82, -30.61, -31.70
xyY0.22, 0.27, 17.45
Hunter-Lab41.77, -13.11, -17.88
RYB15.69%, 34.78%, 60.39%

Color Accessibility Scores

#287D9A on a dark background: contrast 4.49:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#287D9A on a light background: contrast 4.68:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #287D9A, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#287D9A · #4DB0D1 · #154251 · #9A4428 · #D16E4D

Analogous palette

#289A44 · #289A7D · #287D9A · #28449A · #44289A

Triadic palette

#287D9A · #9A287D · #7D9A28 · #4DB0D1 · #D14DB0

Tetradic palette

#287D9A · #7D289A · #9A4428 · #449A28 · #154251

Monochromatic palette

#081A20 · #184C5D · #287D9A · #40ABCE · #7DC5DE

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