#289B88#289B88

#289B88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.103 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289B88
RGB	rgb(40, 155, 136)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 12.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -35.84, 0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 35.86, 178.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.1032 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.103 179)
XYZ	xyz(17.0381, 25.6694, 27.3445)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289B88 #9B283B

analogous

#289B4E #289B88 #28749B

triadic

#289B88 #88289B #9B8828

tetradic

#289B88 #4E289B #9B283B #749B28

square

#289B88 #4E289B #9B283B #749B28

split-complementary

#289B88 #9B2874 #9B4E28

monochromatic

#0F3A33 #1B6A5D #289B88 #35CBB2 #66D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#289B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#289B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289B88

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289B88	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 155, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.103 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9aa',
    500: '#289b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289b88;
$custom-light: #74b9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.087,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62257,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.25671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289B88

secondary

#BD6171

accent

#465FE2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289B88

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

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