#288F8E#288F8E

#288F8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.091 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#288F8E
RGB	rgb(40, 143, 142)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 0.7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -28.43, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 29.50, 195.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% -0.0878 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.091 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.5778, 22.0472, 29.0205)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#288F8E #8F2829

analogous

#288F5A #288F8E #285C8F

triadic

#288F8E #8E288F #8F8E28

tetradic

#288F8E #5A288F #8F2829 #5C8F28

square

#288F8E #5A288F #8F2829 #5C8F28

split-complementary

#288F8E #8F285C #8F5A28

monochromatic

#0D2F2F #1B5F5F #288F8E #35BFBD #5FD2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#288F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#288F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #288F8E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##288F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##288F8E	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #288f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 143, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.091 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0af',
    500: '#288f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #288f8e;
$custom-light: #73b0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#288f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.417,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59349,
    "c": 0.09052,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.22049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#288F8E

secondary

#B85B5C

accent

#484AE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #288F8E

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

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