#288E81#288E81

#288E81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.093 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288E81
RGB	rgb(40, 142, 129)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 9.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -31.76, -1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 31.79, 182.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.0929 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.093 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5086, 21.3804, 24.1268)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288E81 #8E2835

analogous

#288E4E #288E81 #28688E

triadic

#288E81 #81288E #8E8128

tetradic

#288E81 #4E288E #8E2835 #688E28

square

#288E81 #4E288E #8E2835 #688E28

split-complementary

#288E81 #8E2868 #8E4E28

monochromatic

#0D2F2A #1B5E56 #288E81 #35BEAC #5FD2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#288E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#288E81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288E81

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288E81	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 142, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.093 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afa5',
    500: '#288e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288e81;
$custom-light: #72afa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.353,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58638,
    "c": 0.093,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288E81

secondary

#B75B66

accent

#485CDF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288E81

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

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