#288E86#288E86

#288E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288E86
RGB	rgb(40, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -30.32, -4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 30.60, 187.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% -0.0905 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.091 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8491, 21.5166, 25.9202)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288E86 #8E2830

analogous

#288E53 #288E86 #28638E

triadic

#288E86 #86288E #8E8628

tetradic

#288E86 #53288E #8E2830 #638E28

square

#288E86 #53288E #8E2830 #638E28

split-complementary

#288E86 #8E2863 #8E5328

monochromatic

#0D2F2C #1B5E59 #288E86 #35BEB3 #5FD2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#288E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#288E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288E86

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288E86	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)

#868686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afa9',
    500: '#288e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288e86;
$custom-light: #72afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.294,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58806,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288E86

secondary

#B75B62

accent

#4854DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288E86

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

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