#289B99#289B99

#289B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.098 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289B99
RGB	rgb(40, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -30.96, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 31.98, 194.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0952 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.098 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3435, 26.1915, 34.2195)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289B99 #9B282A

analogous

#289B60 #289B99 #28639B

triadic

#289B99 #99289B #9B9928

tetradic

#289B99 #60289B #9B282A #639B28

square

#289B99 #60289B #9B282A #639B28

split-complementary

#289B99 #9B2863 #9B6028

monochromatic

#0F3A39 #1B6A69 #289B99 #35CBC8 #66D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#289B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#289B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289B99

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289B99	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.098 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9b7',
    500: '#289b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289b99;
$custom-light: #76b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.957,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62826,
    "c": 0.09779,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289B99

secondary

#BD6163

accent

#4648E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #289B99

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

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