#288B72#288B72

#288B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.098 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288B72
RGB	rgb(40, 139, 114)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 18%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, -34.47, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 34.87, 171.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% -0.097 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.098 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.1434, 20.1298, 19.1091)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288B72 #8B2841

analogous

#288B40 #288B72 #28738B

triadic

#288B72 #72288B #8B7228

tetradic

#288B72 #40288B #8B2841 #738B28

square

#288B72 #40288B #8B2841 #738B28

split-complementary

#288B72 #8B2873 #8B4028

monochromatic

#0D2C24 #1A5B4B #288B72 #36BB99 #5DD0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#288B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#288B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288B72

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288B72	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 139, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.098 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad9a',
    500: '#288b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288b72;
$custom-light: #70ad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.848,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57376,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288B72

secondary

#B65970

accent

#496FDF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #288B72

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

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