#288B96#288B96

#288B96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.089 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288B96
RGB	rgb(40, 139, 150)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -23.93, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 27.73, 210.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% -0.08 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.089 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6103, 21.1165, 32.1014)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288B96 #963328

analogous

#28966A #288B96 #285496

triadic

#288B96 #96288B #8B9628

tetradic

#288B96 #6A2896 #963328 #549628

square

#288B96 #6A2896 #963328 #549628

split-complementary

#288B96 #962854 #966A28

monochromatic

#0E3135 #1B5E66 #288B96 #35B8C6 #63CAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#288B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#288B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288B96

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288B96	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 139, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.089 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adb4',
    500: '#288b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288b96;
$custom-light: #73adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58627,
    "c": 0.08899,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288B96

secondary

#BB685F

accent

#5647E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #288B96

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

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