#288C97#288C97

#288C97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.090 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288C97
RGB	rgb(40, 140, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, -24.12, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 27.92, 210.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% -0.0806 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.09 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.8366, 21.4398, 32.5758)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288C97 #973328

analogous

#28976B #288C97 #285497

triadic

#288C97 #97288C #8C9728

tetradic

#288C97 #6B2897 #973328 #549728

square

#288C97 #6B2897 #973328 #549728

split-complementary

#288C97 #972854 #976B28

monochromatic

#0E3236 #1B5F67 #288C97 #35B9C7 #64CBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#288C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#288C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288C97

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288C97	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 140, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.090 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeb5',
    500: '#288c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288c97;
$custom-light: #74aeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.946,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58922,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288C97

secondary

#BC685F

accent

#5646E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #288C97

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

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