#287E72#287E72

#287E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.083 H 182.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#287E72
RGB	rgb(40, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, -28.34, -0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 28.36, 181.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.91% -0.0827 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(53.91% 0.083 182)
XYZ	xyz(11.3718, 16.5865, 18.5185)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#287E72 #7E2834

analogous

#287E47 #287E72 #285F7E

triadic

#287E72 #72287E #7E7228

tetradic

#287E72 #47287E #7E2834 #5F7E28

square

#287E72 #47287E #7E2834 #5F7E28

split-complementary

#287E72 #7E285F #7E4728

monochromatic

#0B211E #195048 #287E72 #37AC9C #57CABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#287E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#287E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #287E72

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##287E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##287E72	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #287e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.083 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea49a',
    500: '#287e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #287e72;
$custom-light: #6ea49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#287e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.628,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5391,
    "c": 0.08279,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.16588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#287E72

secondary

#AF5360

accent

#4D60DB

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #287E72

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

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