#288B6D#288B6D

#288B6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.102 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288B6D
RGB	rgb(40, 139, 109)
HSL	hsl(162, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 21.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.86, -35.76, 7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.86, 36.64, 167.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% -0.0995 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.102 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8666, 20.0190, 17.6510)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288B6D #8B2846

analogous

#288B3B #288B6D #28788B

triadic

#288B6D #6D288B #8B6D28

tetradic

#288B6D #3B288B #8B2846 #788B28

square

#288B6D #3B288B #8B2846 #788B28

split-complementary

#288B6D #8B2878 #8B3B28

monochromatic

#0D2C22 #1A5B48 #288B6D #36BB92 #5DD0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#288B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#288B6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288B6D

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288B6D	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A786F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 139, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.102 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad96',
    500: '#288b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288b6d;
$custom-light: #70ad96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.818,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57233,
    "c": 0.10157,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288B6D

secondary

#B65975

accent

#4976DF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #288B6D

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

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