#288F81#288F81

#288F81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.094 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288F81
RGB	rgb(40, 143, 129)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 9.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -32.23, -0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 32.25, 181.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.094 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.094 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6581, 21.6793, 24.1766)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288F81 #8F2836

analogous

#288F4D #288F81 #28698F

triadic

#288F81 #81288F #8F8128

tetradic

#288F81 #4D288F #8F2836 #698F28

square

#288F81 #4D288F #8F2836 #698F28

split-complementary

#288F81 #8F2869 #8F4D28

monochromatic

#0D2F2B #1B5F56 #288F81 #35BFAC #5FD2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#288F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#288F81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288F81

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288F81	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	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)

#888680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 143, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.094 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0a5',
    500: '#288f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288f81;
$custom-light: #72b0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.845,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.589,
    "c": 0.09401,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288F81

secondary

#B85B68

accent

#485DE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288F81

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

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