#288A8E#288A8E

#288A8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.087 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288A8E
RGB	rgb(40, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, -25.94, -10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 27.90, 201.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.0825 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.087 199)
XYZ	xyz(14.8439, 20.5793, 28.7758)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288A8E #8E2C28

analogous

#288E5F #288A8E #28578E

triadic

#288A8E #8E288A #8A8E28

tetradic

#288A8E #5F288E #8E2C28 #578E28

square

#288A8E #5F288E #8E2C28 #578E28

split-complementary

#288A8E #8E2857 #8E5F28

monochromatic

#0D2D2F #1B5C5E #288A8E #35B8BE #5FCDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#288A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#288A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288A8E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288A8E	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.087 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acaf',
    500: '#288a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288a8e;
$custom-light: #72acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58058,
    "c": 0.08732,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.20581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288A8E

secondary

#B75E5B

accent

#4E48DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288A8E

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

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