#288E85#288E85

#288E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.092 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288E85
RGB	rgb(40, 142, 133)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -30.61, -3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 30.82, 186.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% -0.091 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.092 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7797, 21.4888, 25.5546)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288E85 #8E2831

analogous

#288E52 #288E85 #28648E

triadic

#288E85 #85288E #8E8528

tetradic

#288E85 #52288E #8E2831 #648E28

square

#288E85 #52288E #8E2831 #648E28

split-complementary

#288E85 #8E2864 #8E5228

monochromatic

#0D2F2C #1B5E58 #288E85 #35BEB2 #5FD2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#288E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#288E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288E85

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288E85	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 142, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.092 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afa8',
    500: '#288e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288e85;
$custom-light: #72afa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58772,
    "c": 0.09155,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288E85

secondary

#B75B63

accent

#4856DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288E85

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

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