#288F8D#288F8D

#288F8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.091 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288F8D
RGB	rgb(40, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, -28.73, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 29.66, 194.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% -0.0883 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.091 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5030, 22.0173, 28.6268)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288F8D #8F282A

analogous

#288F59 #288F8D #285D8F

triadic

#288F8D #8D288F #8F8D28

tetradic

#288F8D #59288F #8F282A #5D8F28

square

#288F8D #59288F #8F282A #5D8F28

split-complementary

#288F8D #8F285D #8F5928

monochromatic

#0D2F2F #1B5F5E #288F8D #35BFBC #5FD2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#288F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#288F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288F8D

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288F8D	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.091 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0ae',
    500: '#288f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288f8d;
$custom-light: #73b0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.835,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59312,
    "c": 0.09062,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288F8D

secondary

#B85B5D

accent

#484BE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288F8D

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

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