#288F8A#288F8A

#288F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.091 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288F8A
RGB	rgb(40, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -29.63, -5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 30.18, 191.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0897 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.091 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2829, 21.9292, 27.4671)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288F8A #8F282D

analogous

#288F56 #288F8A #28608F

triadic

#288F8A #8A288F #8F8A28

tetradic

#288F8A #56288F #8F282D #608F28

square

#288F8A #56288F #8F282D #608F28

split-complementary

#288F8A #8F2860 #8F5628

monochromatic

#0D2F2E #1B5F5C #288F8A #35BFB8 #5FD2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#288F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#288F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288F8A

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288F8A	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.091 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0ac',
    500: '#288f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288f8a;
$custom-light: #73b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.087,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59205,
    "c": 0.09112,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288F8A

secondary

#B85B60

accent

#4850E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288F8A

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

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