All About Color #287F8A

#287F8A

About #287F8A

#287F8A is a dark cyan color with the hex code #287F8A. In RGB it is red 40, green 127, blue 138; in HSL it is hue 187°, saturation 55%, lightness 35%; in CMYK it is 71%, 8%, 0%, 46%. Its contrast ratio is 4.67:1 on white and 4.49:1 on black.

#287F8A Color Conversion

Hex triplet28, 7F, 8A
CMYK71.01%, 7.97%, 0.00%, 45.88%
RGB Decimal40, 127, 138
HSL187°, 55%, 35%
RGB Octal50, 177, 212
HSV (HSB)186.73°, 71.01%, 54.12%
RGB Binary101000, 1111111, 10001010
CIE-L*AB48.84, -21.53, -13.43
RGB Percent15.69%, 49.80%, 54.12%
CIE-L*CH48.84, 25.37, 211.96
XYZ13.05, 17.46, 26.73
CIE-L*UV48.84, -32.29, -16.39
xyY0.23, 0.31, 17.46
Hunter-Lab41.79, -17.39, -8.67
RYB15.69%, 33.76%, 54.12%

Color Accessibility Scores

#287F8A on a dark background: contrast 4.49:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#287F8A on a light background: contrast 4.67:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #287F8A, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#287F8A · #45BAC9 · #143E43 · #8A3428 · #C95545

Analogous palette

#288A34 · #288A65 · #287F8A · #284E8A · #34288A

Triadic palette

#287F8A · #8A287F · #7F8A28 · #45BAC9 · #C945BA

Tetradic palette

#287F8A · #65288A · #8A3428 · #4E8A28 · #143E43

Monochromatic palette

#061214 · #17494F · #287F8A · #39B5C6 · #75CBD7

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