#288B97#288B97

#288B97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.089 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288B97
RGB	rgb(40, 139, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, -23.61, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 27.73, 211.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% -0.0796 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.089 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6912, 21.1489, 32.5273)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288B97 #973428

analogous

#28976B #288B97 #285497

triadic

#288B97 #97288B #8B9728

tetradic

#288B97 #6B2897 #973428 #549728

square

#288B97 #6B2897 #973428 #549728

split-complementary

#288B97 #972854 #976B28

monochromatic

#0E3236 #1B5E67 #288B97 #35B8C7 #64C9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#288B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#288B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288B97

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288B97	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 139, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.089 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adb5',
    500: '#288b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288b97;
$custom-light: #74adb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58667,
    "c": 0.08925,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288B97

secondary

#BC695F

accent

#5746E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #288B97

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

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