#288B86#288B86

#288B86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.089 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288B86
RGB	rgb(40, 139, 134)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, -28.86, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 29.39, 190.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% -0.0873 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.089 190)
XYZ	xyz(14.4088, 20.6359, 25.7734)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288B86 #8B282D

analogous

#288B55 #288B86 #285E8B

triadic

#288B86 #86288B #8B8628

tetradic

#288B86 #55288B #8B282D #5E8B28

square

#288B86 #55288B #8B282D #5E8B28

split-complementary

#288B86 #8B285E #8B5528

monochromatic

#0D2C2A #1A5B58 #288B86 #36BBB4 #5DD0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#288B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#288B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288B86

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288B86	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 139, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.089 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72ada9',
    500: '#288b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288b86;
$custom-light: #72ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.97,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58024,
    "c": 0.08867,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.20638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288B86

secondary

#B6595E

accent

#4951DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288B86

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

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