#288E8D#288E8D

#288E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.090 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288E8D
RGB	rgb(40, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -28.24, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 29.30, 195.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% -0.0872 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.09 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.3536, 21.7184, 28.5770)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288E8D #8E2829

analogous

#288E5A #288E8D #285C8E

triadic

#288E8D #8D288E #8E8D28

tetradic

#288E8D #5A288E #8E2829 #5C8E28

square

#288E8D #5A288E #8E2829 #5C8E28

split-complementary

#288E8D #8E285C #8E5A28

monochromatic

#0D2F2E #1B5E5E #288E8D #35BEBC #5FD2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#288E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#288E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288E8D

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288E8D	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.090 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afae',
    500: '#288e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288e8d;
$custom-light: #73afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.412,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59054,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.2172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288E8D

secondary

#B75B5B

accent

#484ADF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288E8D

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

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