#288CAC#288CAC

#288CAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.100 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288CAC
RGB	rgb(40, 140, 172)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, -17.17, -24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 30.28, 235.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0719 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.1 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6965, 22.1837, 42.3709)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288CAC #AC4828

analogous

#28AC8A #288CAC #284AAC

triadic

#288CAC #AC288C #8CAC28

tetradic

#288CAC #8A28AC #AC4828 #4AAC28

square

#288CAC #8A28AC #AC4828 #4AAC28

split-complementary

#288CAC #AC284A #AC8A28

monochromatic

#113B49 #1C647A #288CAC #3FAFD2 #71C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#288CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#288CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288CAC

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288CAC	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 140, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.100 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adc4',
    500: '#288cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288cac;
$custom-light: #76adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59824,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288CAC

secondary

#C5816B

accent

#6A42E5

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #288CAC

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

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