Information about #288A73 color

#288A73 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #288A73 is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(40, 138, 115) — 15.7% red, 54.1% green, 45.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 38 / 0 / 9 / 46. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pleasantly vivid cyan, #288A73 sits comfortably between light and dark. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Soylent Green (#218B76). Nearby in the Register you will also find Illuminating Emerald (#319177) and Celadon Green (#2F847C).

In RGB terms — rgb(40, 138, 115) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #288A73 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 5.0:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 4.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #288A73 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#288A73 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#288A73 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #288A73

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#288A73
  • RGB40, 138, 115
  • CMYK38, 0, 9, 46
  • CSSrgb(40, 138, 115)
  • HSL166°, 55%, 35%
  • HSL Precise165.918°, 55.056%, 34.902%
  • HSV166°, 71%, 54%
  • HSB166°, 71%, 54%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.157
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.541
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.451
  • GLSLvec3(0.157, 0.541, 0.451)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.157, 0.541, 0.451, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.157, 0.541, 0.451)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB15.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.1%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID288A73
  • DECIMAL ID2656883
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01