#288B89#288B89

#288B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.088 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288B89
RGB	rgb(40, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, -27.97, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 28.86, 194.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% -0.0859 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.088 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.6210, 20.7208, 26.8910)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288B89 #8B282A

analogous

#288B58 #288B89 #285B8B

triadic

#288B89 #89288B #8B8928

tetradic

#288B89 #58288B #8B282A #5B8B28

square

#288B89 #58288B #8B282A #5B8B28

split-complementary

#288B89 #8B285B #8B5828

monochromatic

#0D2C2B #1A5B5A #288B89 #36BBB8 #5DD0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#288B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#288B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288B89

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288B89	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.088 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adab',
    500: '#288b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288b89;
$custom-light: #72adab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.788,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58131,
    "c": 0.08816,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288B89

secondary

#B6595B

accent

#494CDF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288B89

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

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