#288B98#288B98

#288B98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.090 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288B98
RGB	rgb(40, 139, 152)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -23.29, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 27.73, 212.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0791 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.09 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7727, 21.1815, 32.9568)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288B98 #983528

analogous

#28986D #288B98 #285398

triadic

#288B98 #98288B #8B9828

tetradic

#288B98 #6D2898 #983528 #539828

square

#288B98 #6D2898 #983528 #539828

split-complementary

#288B98 #982853 #986D28

monochromatic

#0F3237 #1B5F68 #288B98 #35B7C8 #64C9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#288B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#288B98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288B98

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288B98	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 139, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.090 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adb6',
    500: '#288b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288b98;
$custom-light: #74adb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.964,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58708,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288B98

secondary

#BC6A60

accent

#5846E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #288B98

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

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