#288B7E#288B7E

#288B7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.091 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288B7E
RGB	rgb(40, 139, 126)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, -31.19, -1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 31.21, 182.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.0911 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.091 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8718, 20.4211, 22.9452)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288B7E #8B2835

analogous

#288B4C #288B7E #28678B

triadic

#288B7E #7E288B #8B7E28

tetradic

#288B7E #4C288B #8B2835 #678B28

square

#288B7E #4C288B #8B2835 #678B28

split-complementary

#288B7E #8B2867 #8B4C28

monochromatic

#0D2C28 #1A5B53 #288B7E #36BBA9 #5DD0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#288B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#288B7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288B7E

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288B7E	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84837E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 139, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.091 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ada3',
    500: '#288b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288b7e;
$custom-light: #71ada3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.121,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57751,
    "c": 0.09121,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288B7E

secondary

#B65965

accent

#495DDF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288B7E

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

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