#289B96#289B96

#289B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.098 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289B96
RGB	rgb(40, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -31.85, -6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 32.50, 191.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0966 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.098 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0989, 26.0936, 32.9309)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289B96 #9B282D

analogous

#289B5C #289B96 #28669B

triadic

#289B96 #96289B #9B9628

tetradic

#289B96 #5C289B #9B282D #669B28

square

#289B96 #5C289B #9B282D #669B28

split-complementary

#289B96 #9B2866 #9B5C28

monochromatic

#0F3A38 #1B6A67 #289B96 #35CBC4 #66D7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#289B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#289B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289B96

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289B96	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.098 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9b4',
    500: '#289b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289b96;
$custom-light: #76b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62721,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289B96

secondary

#BD6165

accent

#464CE2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #289B96

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →