#288F7B#288F7B

#288F7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288F7B
RGB	rgb(40, 143, 123)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 14%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -33.90, 2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 33.97, 176.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0969 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.097 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2709, 21.5244, 22.1376)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288F7B #8F283C

analogous

#288F48 #288F7B #286F8F

triadic

#288F7B #7B288F #8F7B28

tetradic

#288F7B #48288F #8F283C #6F8F28

square

#288F7B #48288F #8F283C #6F8F28

split-complementary

#288F7B #8F286F #8F4828

monochromatic

#0D2F29 #1B5F52 #288F7B #35BFA4 #5FD2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#288F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#288F7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288F7B

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288F7B	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89867A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 143, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0a1',
    500: '#288f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288f7b;
$custom-light: #72b0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.35,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58709,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288F7B

secondary

#B85B6D

accent

#4866E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #288F7B

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

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