#288E8E#288E8E

#288E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.090 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288E8E
RGB	rgb(40, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, -27.94, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 29.16, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% -0.0868 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.09 195)
XYZ	xyz(15.4283, 21.7483, 28.9707)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288E8E #8E2828

analogous

#288E5B #288E8E #285B8E

triadic

#288E8E #8E288E #8E8E28

tetradic

#288E8E #5B288E #8E2828 #5B8E28

square

#288E8E #5B288E #8E2828 #5B8E28

split-complementary

#288E8E #8E285B #8E5B28

monochromatic

#0D2F2F #1B5E5E #288E8E #35BEBE #5FD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#288E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#288E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288E8E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288E8E	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.090 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afaf',
    500: '#288e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288e8e;
$custom-light: #73afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5909,
    "c": 0.08982,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.2175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288E8E

secondary

#B75B5B

accent

#4848DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288E8E

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

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