#288C79#288C79

#288C79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.095 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288C79
RGB	rgb(40, 140, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 13.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, -33.06, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 33.11, 176.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0946 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.095 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7026, 20.5862, 21.3368)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288C79 #8C283B

analogous

#288C47 #288C79 #286D8C

triadic

#288C79 #79288C #8C7928

tetradic

#288C79 #47288C #8C283B #6D8C28

square

#288C79 #47288C #8C283B #6D8C28

split-complementary

#288C79 #8C286D #8C4728

monochromatic

#0D2D27 #1A5C50 #288C79 #36BCA2 #5ED1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#288C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#288C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288C79

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288C79	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 140, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.095 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ae9f',
    500: '#288c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288c79;
$custom-light: #71ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.6,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57854,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288C79

secondary

#B65A6B

accent

#4965DF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #288C79

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

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