#298E8A#298E8A

#298E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.090 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#298E8A
RGB	rgb(41, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -29.00, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 29.66, 192.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% -0.0882 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.09 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1728, 21.6506, 27.4192)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#298E8A #8E292D

analogous

#298E57 #298E8A #295F8E

triadic

#298E8A #8A298E #8E8A29

tetradic

#298E8A #57298E #8E292D #5F8E29

square

#298E8A #57298E #8E292D #5F8E29

split-complementary

#298E8A #8E295F #8E5729

monochromatic

#0E2F2E #1B5F5C #298E8A #37BDB8 #60D1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#298E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#298E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #298E8A

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##298E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##298E8A	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #298e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.090 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afac',
    500: '#298e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #298e8a;
$custom-light: #73afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#298e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.624,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5897,
    "c": 0.08987,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#298E8A

secondary

#B75C60

accent

#494FDF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #298E8A

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

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