#289B8D#289B8D

#289B8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.101 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289B8D
RGB	rgb(40, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -34.45, -1.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 34.49, 182.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.1008 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.101 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4018, 25.8148, 29.2598)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289B8D #9B2836

analogous

#289B54 #289B8D #286F9B

triadic

#289B8D #8D289B #9B8D28

tetradic

#289B8D #54289B #9B2836 #6F9B28

square

#289B8D #54289B #9B2836 #6F9B28

split-complementary

#289B8D #9B286F #9B5428

monochromatic

#0F3A34 #1B6A61 #289B8D #35CBB9 #66D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#289B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#289B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289B8D

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289B8D	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.101 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9ae',
    500: '#289b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289b8d;
$custom-light: #75b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.696,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62417,
    "c": 0.10095,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289B8D

secondary

#BD616D

accent

#4659E2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289B8D

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

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