#289B8E#289B8E

#289B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.101 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289B8E
RGB	rgb(40, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -34.17, -2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 34.24, 183.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.1003 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.101 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4765, 25.8447, 29.6534)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289B8E #9B2835

analogous

#289B54 #289B8E #286E9B

triadic

#289B8E #8E289B #9B8E28

tetradic

#289B8E #54289B #9B2835 #6E9B28

square

#289B8E #54289B #9B2835 #6E9B28

split-complementary

#289B8E #9B286E #9B5428

monochromatic

#0F3A35 #1B6A61 #289B8E #35CBBA #66D7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#289B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#289B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289B8E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289B8E	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.101 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9af',
    500: '#289b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289b8e;
$custom-light: #75b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.217,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6245,
    "c": 0.10056,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289B8E

secondary

#BD616C

accent

#4657E2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289B8E

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

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