#288D8E#288D8E

#288D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.089 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288D8E
RGB	rgb(40, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, -27.44, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 28.83, 197.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0857 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.089 196)
XYZ	xyz(15.2802, 21.4521, 28.9213)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288D8E #8E2928

analogous

#288E5C #288D8E #285A8E

triadic

#288D8E #8E288D #8D8E28

tetradic

#288D8E #5C288E #8E2928 #5A8E28

square

#288D8E #5C288E #8E2928 #5A8E28

split-complementary

#288D8E #8E285A #8E5C28

monochromatic

#0D2E2F #1B5E5E #288D8E #35BCBE #5FD1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#288D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#288D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288D8E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288D8E	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)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.089 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afaf',
    500: '#288d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288d8e;
$custom-light: #73afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.588,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58832,
    "c": 0.08916,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.21454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288D8E

secondary

#B75B5B

accent

#4A48DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288D8E

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

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