#289B97#289B97

#289B97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.098 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289B97
RGB	rgb(40, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -31.56, -6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 32.32, 192.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0961 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.098 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1797, 26.1260, 33.3568)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289B97 #9B282C

analogous

#289B5D #289B97 #28659B

triadic

#289B97 #97289B #9B9728

tetradic

#289B97 #5D289B #9B282C #659B28

square

#289B97 #5D289B #9B282C #659B28

split-complementary

#289B97 #9B2865 #9B5D28

monochromatic

#0F3A38 #1B6A68 #289B97 #35CBC6 #66D7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#289B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#289B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289B97

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289B97	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.098 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9b5',
    500: '#289b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289b97;
$custom-light: #76b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.913,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62756,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289B97

secondary

#BD6165

accent

#464BE2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #289B97

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

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