#288B79#288B79

#288B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.094 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288B79
RGB	rgb(40, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -32.59, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 32.62, 177.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% -0.0936 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.094 178)
XYZ	xyz(13.5572, 20.2953, 21.2883)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288B79 #8B283A

analogous

#288B48 #288B79 #286B8B

triadic

#288B79 #79288B #8B7928

tetradic

#288B79 #48288B #8B283A #6B8B28

square

#288B79 #48288B #8B283A #6B8B28

split-complementary

#288B79 #8B286B #8B4828

monochromatic

#0D2C26 #1A5B50 #288B79 #36BBA2 #5DD0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#288B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#288B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288B79

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288B79	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78787A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.094 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ad9f',
    500: '#288b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288b79;
$custom-light: #71ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5759,
    "c": 0.09363,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.20297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288B79

secondary

#B6596A

accent

#4964DF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #288B79

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

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